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Kintaqa

Kintaqa is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders erected in 2018 for five species moved from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study. They are medium-sized spiders, distinguished by their unique enlarged shape of fourth segment of pedipalps.

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Kintaqa
Kintaqa satun
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Kintaqa
Huber, 20181
Type species
Pholcus buatong
(Huber, 2016)
Species

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Kintaqa is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders erected in 2018 for five species moved from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study.1 They are medium-sized spiders, distinguished by their unique enlarged shape of fourth segment of pedipalps.2

Calapnita‑Panjange clade

The name honors the Kintaq, a Thai ethnic group.2

Species

As of April 2022 it contains five species:1

  • K. buatong (Huber, 2016) (type) – Thailand
  • K. fuza (Yao & Li, 2017) – Thailand
  • K. mueangensis (Yao & Li, 2017) – Thailand
  • K. satun (Huber, 2011) – Thailand, Malaysia
  • K. schwendingeri (Huber, 2011) – Thailand
See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Gen. Kintaqa Huber, 2018". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  2. Huber, B. A.; Eberle, J.; Dimitrov, D. (2018). "The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)". ZooKeys (789): 51–101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.22781. PMC 6193417. PMID 30344435.
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