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Himalafurca

Himalafurca is a small genus of south Asian sheet weavers. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2021, and it has only been found in Nepal. As of December 2021 it contains only two species: H. martensi and H. schawalleri.

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Himalafurca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Himalafurca
Tanasevitch, 20211
Type species
H. martensi
Tanasevitch, 2021
Species
  • Himalafurca martensi Tanasevitch, 2021
  • Himalafurca schawalleri Tanasevitch, 2021

Himalafurca is a small genus of south Asian sheet weavers. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2021,2 and it has only been found in Nepal.1 As of December 2021 it contains only two species: H. martensi and H. schawalleri.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Himalafurca Tanasevitch, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  2. Tanasevitch, A. V. (2021). "New data on linyphiid spiders of Nepal (Arachnida: Araneae), with the description of a new genus and two species". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 128 (1): 107–119. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0039. S2CID 233365340.