Campanicola

Campanicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Campanicola
Yoshida, 2015
Type species
Campanicola formosana
Yoshida, 2015
Species

10, see text

Campanicola is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. It was first described in 2015 by Yoshida and the name is after their habit of constructing hanging bell-shaped retreats made from detritus around them.

Species

As of May 2022 it contains ten species, found only in Asia:

References

  1. ↑ Yoshida, Hajime (2015). "Parasteatoda and a new genus Campanicola (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Taiwan". Bulletin of the Yamagata Prefectural Museum. 33: 25–38.
  2. ↑ Li, Zichang; Agnarsson, Ingi; Peng, Yu; Liu, Jie (2021-08-09). "Eight cobweb spider species from China building detritus-based, bell-shaped retreats (Araneae, Theridiidae)". ZooKeys. 1055: 95–121. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1055.67620. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 9848907. PMID 36762170.
  3. ↑ "Gen. Campanicola Yoshida, 2015". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 25 May 2022.