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Giant Cellar Spiders
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Giant Cellar Spiders

Artema

Artema is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.

Its species are found from West Africa to Pakistan. A. atlanta has been introduced worldwide.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Giant Cellar Spider

speciesArtema atlanta

Artema doriae

speciesArtema doriae

Artema nephilit

speciesArtema nephilit

Artema transcaspica

speciesArtema transcaspica

Artema bunkpurugu

speciesArtema bunkpurugu

Artema magna

speciesArtema magna

Artema kochi

speciesArtema kochi

Artema ziaretana

speciesArtema ziaretana

Artema bahla

speciesArtema bahla

Artema ghubrat

speciesArtema ghubrat

Artema dhofar

speciesArtema dhofar

Artema martensi

speciesArtema martensi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 250032.