Artifex (spider)
Artifex is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by R. J. Kallal & Gustavo Hormiga in 2018.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species.[1]
| Artifex | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Artifex Kallal & Hormiga, 2018[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. melanopyga (L. Koch, 1871) | |
| Species | |
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References
- "Gen. Artifex Kallal & Hormiga, 2018". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
- Kallal, R. J.; Hormiga, G. (2018). "Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian leaf-curling orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae: Zygiellinae), with a comparative analysis of retreat evolution". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 184 (4): 1055–1141. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly014.
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