Genus Artema

Classification · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Artema atlanta female with egg sac - Artema atlanta - female

Artema atlanta - Artema atlanta - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Synspermiata)

Family Pholcidae (Cellar Spiders)

Genus Artema

Numbers

6 species, one in our region.(1)

Range

A. atlanta – Pantropical(1) "At this time, the only known colonies of this spider in the continental U.S. are in southern Arizona and southeastern California." ~R.J.Adams (June 14, 2009)

Internet References

World Spider Catalog (2017). World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 17.5, accessed on January 17, 2017.

Works Cited

1.	World Spider Catalog

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 June, 2009 - 8:45pm
Additional contributions by Laura P.
Last updated 17 January, 2017 - 10:20am

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