Cladomelea Simon, 1895

Roff, John & Dippenaar-Schoeman, Ansie, 2004, Description of a new species of Cladomelea bolas-spider from South Africa, with notes on its behaviour (Araneae: Araneidae), African Invertebrates 45, pp. 1-6 : 2

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7909888

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7910316

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scientific name

Cladomelea Simon, 1895
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Genus Cladomelea Simon, 1895 View in CoL

Cladomelea Simon, 1895: 886 View in CoL ; Leroy et al. 1998: 8; Levi 2003: 378.

Type species: Cyrtarachne longipes (O.P.­ Cambridge, 1877), by original designation.

According to Levi (2003) the three genera in the bolas­spider group, Mastophora Holmberg , Ordgarius Keyserling and Cladomelea have outgrowths on the carapace. Based on Leroy et al. (1998) Cladomelea is characterised by the following: it is the only genus in the subfamily where the female lacks a row of strong spines on the anterior legs. In Cladomelea the spines are replaced by a dense layer of thin, long setae ( Leroy et al. 1998: 5). A double row of teeth is present on the inferior cheliceral margin with denticles scattered in between. The new species contains all these characteristics.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Araneidae

Loc

Cladomelea Simon, 1895

Roff, John & Dippenaar-Schoeman, Ansie 2004
2004
Loc

Cladomelea

LEVI, H. W. 2003: 378
LEROY, J. - M. & JOCQUE, R. & LEROY, A. 1998: 8
SIMON, E. 1895: 886
1895
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