Siratoba

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Siratoba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Siratoba
Opell[1]
Type species
Siratoba referens
Species

Siratoba is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae. It was first described in 1979 by Opell. As of 2017, it contains 2 species.[1] The two species are Siratoba referens and Siratoba reticens. Siratoba referens were discovered in 1964 at the Dragoon Mountains, AZ, USA, and Siratoba reticins were discovered in 1942 at San Luis Potosí, Mexico.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Uloboridae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  2. ^ Salvatierra, Lidianne. "Revision of the spider genera Ariston O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 and Siratoba Opell, 1979 (Arachnida: Araneae: Uloboridae) with description of two new species". Zoological Studies.