| Pritha | |
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| Pritha garfieldi with prey | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Filistatidae |
| Genus: | Pritha Lehtinen, 1967 |
| Type species | |
| P. nana (Simon, 1868) | |
| Species | |
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19, see text | |
Pritha is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
As of March 2022[update] it contains nineteen species found in Asia and Europe:
They are small to medium sized spiders. Females have a fishbone-like pattern on the abdomen, while males have a whitish spot on the dorsal side of the abdomen. Their posterior median eyes are larger than the anterior medians. The cribellum is bipartite, and the calamistrum has three rows of setae of various lengths, however, the middle row is always the shortest.
They are mostly synanthropic: they are found commonly inside buildings, in door or window frames. They make three-dimensional webs that have retreats into cracks and crevices. However, they are also found under pine or oak bark, close to human settlements. They feed on small arthropods.
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