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Artema
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| Artema | |
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| Artema atlanta | |
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| A. doriae from Iran | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Artema Walckenaer, 1837[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. atlanta Walckenaer, 1837
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| Species | |
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12, see text | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Artema is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.[4]
Its species are found from West Africa to Pakistan. A. atlanta has been introduced worldwide.[1]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes twelve species:[1]
- Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 – North Africa, Middle East. Introduced to both Americas, St. Helena, tropical Africa, Britain, Belgium, Greece, Turkey, tropical Asia, China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Pacific Islands (type species)
- Artema bahla Huber, 2019 – Oman
- Artema bunkpurugu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – West Africa
- Artema dhofar Huber, 2019 – Oman
- Artema doriae (Thorell, 1881) – Turkey, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan. Introduced to Japan
- Artema ghubrat Huber, 2019 – Oman
- Artema kochi Kulczyński, 1901 – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, Egypt?
- Artema magna Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan, Pakistan?
- Artema martensi Huber, 2021 – Morocco
- Artema nephilit Aharon, Huber & Gavish-Regev, 2017 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Yemen? United Arab Emirates?
- Artema transcaspica Spassky, 1934 – Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Artema ziaretana (Roewer, 1960) – Afghanistan
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Gen. Artema Walckenaer, 1837". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ 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. hdl:11336/19098. PMID 25112347.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris 1, . pp. 1–682.
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