Gea (spider)

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Gea
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Gea spinipes - Khao Yai National Park, Thailand.jpg

Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Gea
C. L. Koch, 1843[1]
Type species

C. L. Koch, 1843
Species

13, see text

Gea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by C. L. Koch in 1843.[2]

Species[]

As of April 2019 it contains thirteen species:[1]

  • Simon, 1895 – Congo
  • Strand, 1911 – New Guinea, Indonesia (Aru Is.)
  • (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
  • Levi, 1983 – New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (New Britain)
  • Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850) – Pacific Is., Australia. Introduced to USA to Argentina
  • Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa, Angola
  • Simon, 1906 – Sudan
  • C. L. Koch, 1843 – India, China, Taiwan to Indonesia (Borneo)
    • Simon, 1901 – Malaysia
  • Thorell, 1890 – India, Bangladesh to Philippines, New Guinea
  • (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Tullgren, 1910 – Congo, East Africa
  • Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – India, Philippines

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Gea C. L. Koch, 1843". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ^ Koch, C. L. (1843), Die Arachniden

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