Hellamalthonica

Hellamalthonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Agelenidae
Genus:	Hellamalthonica; Bosmans, 2023
Type species
	H. minoa; (Brignoli, 1976)
Species
	5, see text

Hellamalthonica is a genus of funnel weavers first described by R. Bosmans in 2023. It is endemic to Greece, and contains five species formerly placed in Malthonica.

Species

As of October 2026^[update] it contains five species:

Hellamalthonica irini Bosmans, 2023 – Greece (Crete)
Hellamalthonica minoa (Brignoli, 1976) – Greece (Crete)
Hellamalthonica paraschiae (Brignoli, 1984) – Greece
Hellamalthonica spinipalpis (Deltshev, 1990) – Greece
Hellamalthonica taigetos Bosmans, 2023 – Greece

References

1 2 "Gen. Hellamalthonica Bosmans, 2023". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
↑ Bosmans, Robert (2023). "New or rare spiders from Crete (Araneae: Agelenidae, Dysderidae, Liocranidae, Salticidae), with the description of a new genus in the Agelenidae". Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society. 38 (1): 17–38.

External links

"Hellamalthonica". The Encyclopedia of Life.

[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Hellamalthonica Bosmans, 2023". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2024-05-12.

[Bosmans-2] Bosmans, Robert (2023). "New or rare spiders from Crete (Araneae: Agelenidae, Dysderidae, Liocranidae, Salticidae), with the description of a new genus in the Agelenidae". Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society. 38 (1): 17–38.