Chikunia

Chikunia is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by H. Yoshida in 2009.[2] As of May 2020 it contains three species, found in Asia: C. albipes, C. bilde, and C. nigra.[1]

Chikunia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Chikunia
Yoshida, 2009[1]
Type species
C. albipes
(Saito, 1935)
Species

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Chikunia Yoshida, 2009". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. Yoshida, H. (2009), "Three new genera and three new species of the family Theridiidae", in Ono, H. (ed.), The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species


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