Artema is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.[4]
Species
As of July 2021 it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey:[1]
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Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 (type) – Northern Africa and Middle East. Introduced elsewhere (mainly tropical and subtropical regions)
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Artema bahla Huber, 2019 – Oman
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Artema bunkpurugu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – West Africa
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Artema dhofar Huber, 2019 – Oman
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Artema doriae (Thorell, 1881) – Turkey, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Afghanistan. Introduced: Japan
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Artema ghubrat Huber, 2019 – Oman
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Artema kochi Kulczyński, 1901 – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, Egypt?
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Artema magna Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan, Pakistan?
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Artema martensi Huber, 2021 – Morocco
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Artema nephilit Aharon, Huber & Gavish-Regev, 2017 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Yemen?, United Arab Emirates?
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Artema transcaspica Spassky, 1934 – Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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Artema ziaretana (Roewer, 1960) – Afghanistan
See also
References
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^ a b c "Gen. Artema Walckenaer, 1837". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
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^ Huber, B. A.; Colmenares, P. A.; Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae". Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 416. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5. PMID 25112347.
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^ Huber, B. A. (2009). "Four new generic and 14 new specific synonymies in Pholcidae, and transfer of Pholcoides Roewer to Filistatidae (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 1970: 67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1970.1.3.
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^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris 1, . pp. 1–682.
