Malthonica

Malthonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Malthonica
Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
M. lusitanica
Simon, 1898
Species

4, see text

Malthonica is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.[2] Many of its species were transferred to Aterigena and Tegenaria in 2010.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. ^ Bolzern, Angelo; Hänggi, Ambros & Burckhardt, Daniel (2010). "Aterigena, a new genus of funnel-web spider, shedding some light on the Tegenaria-Malthonica problem (Araneae: Agelenidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 38 (2): 162–182. doi:10.1636/A09-78.1. S2CID 83969637.