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Thunberga

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Thunberga
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Thunberga
Jäger, 2020[1]
Type species
Olios nossibeensis
(Strand, 1907)
Species

29, see text

Thunberga is a genus of east African huntsman spiders. The genus was first described by Peter Jäger in 2020,[2] and it has only been found on Madagascar and on Mayotte.[1] It is named after the environmental activist Greta Thunberg.

Species

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As of April 2022 it contains twenty nine species:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Thunberga Jäger, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  2. ^ Jäger, P. (2020). "Thunberga gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from Madagascar (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)". Zootaxa. 4790 (2): 245–260. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4790.2.3.

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