Pitharatus Explained

Pitharatus is a genus of Southeast Asian orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Pitharatus junghuhni. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to contain the single species moved from the now obsolete "catch-all" genus Epeira.[1] It has only been found in Malaysia and Indonesia.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  2. Gen. Pitharatus Simon, 1895. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-14. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.

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