Kituba (spider)

Kituba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Kituba
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020
Type species
K. mayombensis
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020
Species
  • Kituba langalanga Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020
  • Kituba mayombensis Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020

Kituba is a small genus of central African ground spiders. It was first described by B. V. B. Rodrigues and C. A. Rheims in 2020, and it has only been found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of December 2021 it contains only two species: K. langalanga and K. mayombensis.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Kituba Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. ↑ Rodrigues, B. V. B.; Rheims, C. A. (2020). "An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)". Zootaxa. 4799 (1): 1–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1. PMID 33056686. S2CID 222823069.