Anansi (genus)

Anansi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Mimetidae
Genus:
Benavides & Hormiga, 2017[1]
Type species
A. luki Benavides & Hormiga, 2017
Species
  • A. insidiator (Thorell, 1899) — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
  • A. luki Benavides & Hormiga, 2017 — DR Congo, Gabon
  • A. natalensis (Lawrence, 1938) — South Africa

Anansi is a genus of African pirate spiders first described by L. R. Benavides, G. Giribet & Gustavo Hormiga in 2017.[2] It is named after Anansi, a trickster god of Akan folklore. As of April 2019 it contains only three species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Anansi Benavides & Hormiga, 2017". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  2. ^ Benavides, L. R.; Giribet, G.; Hormiga, G. (2017). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of "pirate spiders" (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of a new African genus and the first report of maternal care in the family". Cladistics. 33 (4): 375–405. doi:10.1111/cla.12174. PMID 34715733. S2CID 89163032.


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