Gea (spider)

Gea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by C. L. Koch in 1843.[2]

Gea
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Gea spinipes
Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Gea
C. L. Koch, 1843[1]
Type species
G. spinipes
C. L. Koch, 1843
Species

13, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains thirteen species:[1]

  • Gea africana Simon, 1895 – Congo
  • Gea argiopides Strand, 1911 – New Guinea, Indonesia (Aru Is.)
  • Gea bituberculata (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
  • Gea eff Levi, 1983 – New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (New Britain)
  • Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850) – Pacific Is., Australia. Introduced to USA to Argentina
  • Gea infuscata Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa, Angola
  • Gea nilotica Simon, 1906 – Sudan
  • Gea spinipes C. L. Koch, 1843 – India, China, Taiwan to Indonesia (Borneo)
    • Gea s. nigrifrons Simon, 1901 – Malaysia
  • Gea subarmata Thorell, 1890 – India, Bangladesh to Philippines, New Guinea
  • Gea theridioides (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Gea transversovittata Tullgren, 1910 – Congo, East Africa
  • Gea zaragosa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – India, Philippines
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References

  1. "Gen. Gea C. L. Koch, 1843". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. Koch, C. L. (1843), Die Arachniden


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