Artifex (spider)

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Artifex
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Artifex
Kallal & Hormiga, 2018[1]
Type species
(L. Koch, 1871)
Species
  • (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
  • (L. Koch, 1871) — Australia (Queensland)

Artifex is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by R. J. Kallal & in 2018.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gen. Artifex Kallal & Hormiga, 2018". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. ^ Kallal, R. J.; Hormiga, G. (2018). "Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian leaf-curling orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae: Zygiellinae), with a comparative analysis of retreat evolution". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 184 (4): 1055–1141. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly014.
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