Malthonica Explained

Malthonica is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.^[1] Many of its species were transferred to Aterigena and Tegenaria in 2010.^[2]

Species

it contains four species:^[3]

• Malthonica africana Simon & Fage, 1922 – East Africa
• Malthonica daedali Brignoli, 1980 – Greece (Crete)
• Malthonica lusitanica Simon, 1898 – Portugal to France
• Malthonica oceanica Barrientos & Cardoso, 2007 – Portugal

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1898. Histoire naturelle des araignées. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
2. Bolzern . Angelo . Hänggi . Ambros . Burckhardt . Daniel . Aterigena, a new genus of funnel-web spider, shedding some light on the Tegenaria-Malthonica problem (Araneae: Agelenidae) . Journal of Arachnology . 2010 . 38 . 2 . 162–182 . 10.1636/A09-78.1 . 83969637 . amp.
3. Web site: Gen. Malthonica Simon, 1898. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-07. Natural History Museum Bern.