Kilima

Kilima is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1970.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species.[1]

Kilima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Kilima
Grasshoff, 1970[1]
Type species
K. decens
(Blackwall, 1866)
Species
  • K. conspersa Grasshoff, 1970 – Congo
  • K. decens (Blackwall, 1866) – Central, East, Southern Africa, Seychelles
  • K. griseovariegata (Tullgren, 1910) – Central, East Africa, Yemen

References
  1. "Gen. Kilima Grasshoff, 1970". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. Grasshoff, M. (1970). "Die Gattung Kilima n. gen. (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 51: 119–128.


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