Anansi

Anansi is a genus of African pirate spiders first described by L. R. Benavides, G. Giribet & Gustavo Hormiga in 2017.^[2] It is named after Anansi, a trickster god of Akan folklore. As of April 2019 it contains only three species.^[1]

References

Anansi est un genre d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Mimetidae^[1].

Distribution

Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Afrique subsaharienne^[1].

Liste des espèces

Selon World Spider Catalog (version 18.0, 08/07/2017)^[2] :

• Anansi insidiator (Thorell, 1899)
• Anansi luki Benavides & Hormiga, 2017
• Anansi natalensis (Lawrence, 1938)

Publication originale

• Benavides, Giribet & Hormiga, 2017 : Molecular phylogenetic analysis of "pirate spiders" (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of a new African genus and the first report of maternal care in the family. Cladistics, vol. 33, n^o 4, p. 375-405.

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