Gandanameno
| Gandanameno | |
|---|---|
| female G. purcelli | |
| male G. spenceri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Eresidae |
| Genus: | Gandanameno Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
| Type species | |
| G. spenceri (Pocock, 1900)
| |
| Species | |
|
5, see text | |
Gandanameno is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]
Species
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G. fumosa
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female G. purcelli
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probably G. spenceri
As of September 2025 it contains five species:[1]
- Gandanameno echinata (Purcell, 1908) – Namibia
- Gandanameno fumosa (C. L. Koch, 1837) – Namibia, South Africa
- Gandanameno inornata (Pocock, 1898) – Malawi
- Gandanameno purcelli (Tucker, 1920) – South Africa
- Gandanameno spenceri (Pocock, 1900) (type) – Zimbabwe, South Africa
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Gandanameno Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.