Minotauria is a genus of Balkan woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1903.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species: M. attemsi and M. fagei.[1] In 1847, it was argued to be a synonym of Stalita.[3]

Minotauria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dysderidae
Genus: Minotauria
Kulczyński, 1903[1]
Type species
M. attemsi
Kulczyński, 1903
Species
  • M. attemsi Kulczyński, 1903 – Greece (Crete)
  • M. fagei (Kratochvíl, 1970) – Greece (Crete)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Minotauria Kulczyński, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  2. ^ Kulczyński, W. (1903). "Aranearum et Opilionum species in insula Creta a comite Dre Carolo Attems collectae". Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie. 1903: 32–58.
  3. ^ Cooke, J. A. L. (1965). "Spider genus Dysdera (Araneae, Dysderidae)". Nature. 205: 1027.