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Tree Nephilas
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Tree Nephilas

Clitaetra

Clitaetra is a genus of spiders in a family Araneidae. It was formerly placed in a separate family, Nephilidae. It occurs in Africa, Madagascar and Sri Lanka, hinting to a Gondwanan origin. a split between Clitaetra and related genera may be as old as 160 million years.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Irene's Tree Nephila

speciesClitaetra irenae

Clitaetra episinoides

speciesClitaetra episinoides

Clitaetra clathrata

speciesClitaetra clathrata

Clitaetra perroti

speciesClitaetra perroti

Clitaetra simoni

speciesClitaetra simoni

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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 68401.