Cangoderces is a genus of African long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Harington in 1951.[2]
| Cangoderces | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Telemidae |
| Genus: | Cangoderces Harington, 1951[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. lewisi Harington, 1951
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Species
editAs of September 2019[update] it contains six species, found in Africa:[1]
- Cangoderces cameroonensis Baert, 1985 – Cameroon
- Cangoderces christae Wang & Li, 2011 – Ivory Coast
- Cangoderces globosa Wang, Li & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
- Cangoderces koupeensis Baert, 1985 – Cameroon
- Cangoderces lewisi Harington, 1951 (type) – South Africa
- Cangoderces milani Wang & Li, 2011 – Cameroon
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Cangoderces Harington, 1951". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
- ^ Harington, J. S. (1951). "A new leptonetid spider, Cangoderces lewisi, n. gen., n. sp., from the Cango Caves, Oudtshoorn". Annals of the Natal Museum. 12: 81–90.