Theoa

Theoa is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 1995.[2]

Theoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Theoa
Saaristo, 1995[1]
Type species
T. tricaudata
(Locket, 1982)
Species

6, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains six species, found in Asia and on the Seychelles:[1]

  • Theoa elegans Tanasevitch, 2014 – China, Thailand
  • Theoa hamata Tanasevitch, 2014 – Thailand, Laos, Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Theoa longicrusa Tanasevitch, 2014 – Thailand
  • Theoa malaya Tanasevitch, 2017 – Malaysia (mainland)
  • Theoa tricaudata (Locket, 1982) (type) – Seychelles, Thailand, Malaysia (mainland)
  • Theoa vesica Zhao & Li, 2014 – China

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Theoa Saaristo, 1995". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  2. Saaristo, M. I. (1995). "Linyphiid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Linyphiidae)". Phelsuma. 3: 41–52.


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