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Thunberga

Jäger, Peter

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Thunberga is a genus of east African huntsman spiders. The genus was first described by Peter Jäger in 2020, and it has only been found on Madagascar and on Mayotte. It is named after the environmental activist Greta Thunberg.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilySparassidae
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Specimen records
3
Family
Sparassidae
Collections
MNHN, CASC
Recorded in
Madagascar, Mayotte

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Sparassidae
Named after
Greta Thunberg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Thunberga
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Thunberga is a genus of east African huntsman spiders. The genus was first described by Peter Jäger in 2020, and it has only been found on Madagascar and on Mayotte. It is named after the environmental activist Greta Thunberg.

==Species== it contains twenty nine species: T. aliena Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. befotaka Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. boyanslat Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. cala Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. conductor Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. daraina Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. elongata Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. gosura Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. greta Jäger, 2020 – Madagascar T. jaervii Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. jyoti Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. mafira Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. malagassa (Strand, 1907) – Madagascar T. malala Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. mama Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. matoma Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. milloti Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. nossibeensis (Strand, 1907) (type) – Madagascar T. panusilem Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. paulyi Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. platnicki Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. rothorum Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. rugosa Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. samsagala Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. septifera (Strand, 1908) – Madagascar T. soruag Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. v-insignita Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar T. wasserthali Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar, Mayotte T. woodae Jäger, 2021 – Madagascar

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