Back in Europe:Quamtanaspiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) in Germany

Autor: Stefan Rehfeldt, Arno Grabolle, Jonathan Neumann, Nils Reiser, Bernhard A. Huber
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Arachnologische Mitteilungen, Vol 50, Pp 51-56 (2015)
ISSN: 1018-4171
DOI: 10.5431/aramit5007
Popis: Two undescribed species of the African pholcid spider genus Quamtana have been found in German greenhouses and plant markets since 2012. Both species seem to have established stable populations. This genus has not been previously recorded from Europe, except for a fossil specimen in Eocene amber from the Paris Basin that was tentatively assigned to Quamtana and that is estimated to date from 53 million years ago. Since the actual geographic origins of the two species (probably South and/or tropical Africa) are unknown, we do not formally describe them.
Databáze: OpenAIRE