Sphedanus

Sphedanus is a genus of Asian nursery web spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877.[3] As of June 2019 it contains only three species, found only in Asia: S. banna, S. quadrimaculatus, and S. undatus.[1]

Sphedanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Sphedanus
Thorell, 1877[1]
Type species
S. undatus
Thorell, 1877
Species
  • S. banna (Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004) – China, Laos
  • S. quadrimaculatus (Thorell, 1897) – Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia (Borneo)
  • S. undatus Thorell, 1877 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Synonyms[1]

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Sphedanus Thorell, 1877". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Jäger, P. (2011). "Revision of the spider genera Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876, Sphedanus Thorell 1877 and Dendrolycosa Doleschall 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae)". Zootaxa. 3046: 7.
  3. Thorell, T. (1877). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 10: 341–637.


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