Cangoderces

Cangoderces is a genus of African long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Harington in 1951.[2]

Cangoderces
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Telemidae
Genus: Cangoderces
Harington, 1951[1]
Type species
C. lewisi
Harington, 1951
Species

6, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains six species, found in Africa:[1]

  • Cangoderces cameroonensis Baert, 1985Cameroon
  • Cangoderces christae Wang & Li, 2011 – Ivory Coast
  • Cangoderces globosa Wang, Li & Haddad, 2018South Africa
  • Cangoderces koupeensis Baert, 1985 – Cameroon
  • Cangoderces lewisi Harington, 1951 (type) – South Africa
  • Cangoderces milani Wang & Li, 2011 – Cameroon

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Cangoderces Harington, 1951". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. Harington, J. S. (1951). "A new leptonetid spider, Cangoderces lewisi, n. gen., n. sp., from the Cango Caves, Oudtshoorn". Annals of the Natal Museum. 12: 81–90.


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