Malayathele
| Malayathele | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Euagridae |
| Genus: | Malayathele Schwendinger, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. kanching Schwendinger, 2020
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| Species | |
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4, see text | |
Malayathele is a genus of southeast Asian mygalomorph spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by Peter J. Schwendinger, C. Lehmann-Graber and K. Hongpadharakiree in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Malaysia.[1]
Species
[edit]As of December 2021[update] it contains four species:[1]
- M. cameronensis Schwendinger, 2020 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
- M. kanching Schwendinger, 2020 (type) – Malaysia (Peninsula)
- M. maculosa Schwendinger, 2020 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
- M. ulu Schwendinger, 2020 – Malaysia (Peninsula)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Malayathele Schwendinger, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ^ Schwendinger, P. J.; Lehmann-Graber, C.; Hongpadharakiree, K.; et al. (2020). "New euagrid spider species from Thailand and Malaysia, and new localities of Leptothele bencha (Arachnida: Araneae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 127 (2): 423–453. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0031. S2CID 225958471.