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Indoetra

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Indoetra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nephilidae
Genus: Indoetra
Kuntner, 2006[1]
Species:
I. thisbe
Binomial name
Indoetra thisbe
(Simon, 1903)[1]

Indoetra is a monotypic genus of south Asian golden orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Indoetra thisbe. Originally described as a subgenus of Clitaetra,[2] it was elevated to genus status in 2019.[3] It has only been found in Sri Lanka.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Indoetra Kuntner, 2006". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1903). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux" [Descriptions of new arachnids]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (in French). 47: 21–39. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25299.
  3. ^ Kuntner, M.; Hamilton, C. A.; Cheng, R.-C.; et al. (2019). "Golden orbweavers ignore biological rules: phylogenomic and comparative analyses unravel a complex evolution of sexual size dimorphism". Systematic Biology. 68 (4): 555–572. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syy082. PMC 6568015. PMID 30517732.

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