Malthonica

Malthonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Malthonica
Simon, 1898
Type species
M. lusitanica
Simon, 1898
Species

4, see text

Malthonica is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Eugène Simon in 1898. Many of its species were transferred to Aterigena and Tegenaria in 2010.

Species

As of October 2026 it contains four species:

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Malthonica Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  2. ↑ Simon, E. (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. ↑ Bolzern, Angelo; Hänggi, Ambros & Burckhardt, Daniel (2010). "Aterigena, a new genus of funnel-web spider, shedding some light on the Tegenaria-Malthonica problem (Araneae: Agelenidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 38 (2): 162–182. doi:10.1636/A09-78.1. S2CID 83969637.