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| Kituba | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Kituba Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| K. mayombensis Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 | |
| Species | |
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Kituba is a small genus of central African ground spiders. It was first described by B. V. B. Rodrigues and C. A. Rheims in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] As of December 2021[update] it contains only two species: K. langalanga and K. mayombensis.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Gen. Kituba Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ↑ Rodrigues, B. V. B.; Rheims, C. A. (2020). "An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)". Zootaxa. 4799 (1): 1–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1. PMID 33056686. S2CID 222823069.