Telema Explained

Telema is a genus of long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1882.^[1]

Species

it contains six species, most found in Asia, except for T. tenella, found in Europe, and T. mayana, found in Guatemala:^[2]

• Telema auricoma Lin & Li, 2010 – China
• Telema guihua Lin & Li, 2010 – China
• Telema mayana Gertsch, 1973 – Guatemala
• Telema nipponica (Yaginuma, 1972) – Japan
• Telema tenella Simon, 1882 (type) – Spain, France
• Telema wunderlichi Song & Zhu, 1994 – China

See also

• List of Telemidae species
• Pinelema
• Usofila

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1882. Etudes Arachnologiques. 13e Mémoire. XX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Dysderidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 201–240. 2. 6. Eugène Simon.
2. 2022. Gen. Telema Simon, 1882. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. 13 February 2022. World Spider Catalog Version 23.0.