Alaranea

Alaranea is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold in 1997.[2]

Alaranea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cyatholipidae
Genus: Alaranea
Griswold, 1997[1]
Type species
A. merina
Griswold, 1997
Species

4, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species, all found in Madagascar:[1]

  • Alaranea alba Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
  • Alaranea ardua Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
  • Alaranea betsileo Griswold, 1997 – Madagascar
  • Alaranea merina Griswold, 1997 (type) – Madagascar
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References

  1. "Gen. Alaranea Griswold, 1997". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  2. Griswold, C. E. (1997). "The spider family Cyatholipidae in Madagascar (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Journal of Arachnology. 25: 53–83.


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