Okumaella is a monotypic genus of East Asian comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Okumaella okumae. It was first described by H. Yoshida in 2009,[2] and is found in Japan.[1] This genus is named in honour of the Japanese arachnologist Chiyoko Okuma.[3]
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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: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Okumaella Yoshida, 2009[1] |
| Species: | O. okumae
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| Binomial name | |
| Okumaella okumae (Yoshida, 1988)
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Okumaella Yoshida, 2009". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ^ Yoshida, H. (2009), "Three new genera and three new species of the family Theridiidae", in Ono, H. (ed.), The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species
- ^ Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.
Further reading
edit- Yoshida, H. (2009), "Uloboridae, Theridiidae, Ctenidae", in Ono, H. (ed.), The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species
- Yoshida, H. (2003). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan. p. 224.
- Yoshida, H. (1995). "Three species of the genus Thymoites (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan". Acta Arachnologica. 44 (2): 113–116. doi:10.2476/asjaa.44.113. S2CID 84476529.
- Chikuni, Y. (1989). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo.
- Yoshida, H. (1988). "Two new species of the genus Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan". Acta Arachnologica. 36: 25–31. doi:10.2476/asjaa.36.25.
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