Aranoethra

Aranoethra is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1873.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species.[1]

Aranoethra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Subfamily: Cyrtarachninae s.l.
Genus: Aranoethra
Butler, 1873[1]
Type species
A. cambridgei
(Butler, 1873)
Species
  • A. butleri Pocock, 1900 – West Africa
  • A. cambridgei (Butler, 1873) – West, Central Africa
  • A. ungari Karsch, 1878 – West Africa

References
  1. "Gen. Aranoethra Butler, 1873". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. Butler, A. G. (1873). "A monographic list of the species of Gasteracantha or crab-spiders, with descriptions of new species". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1873: 153–180.


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