Kilima
| Kilima | |
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| Female K. decens | |
| File:Kilima decens 313488082 566124962.jpg | |
| Female K. decens | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Kilima Grasshoff, 1970[1] |
| Type species | |
| K. decens (Blackwall, 1866)
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| Species | |
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Kilima is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1970.[2] As of April 2019[update] it contains three species.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Total length of females and males is 7-9 mm. The carapace is elongate with dark median longitudinal band. The abdomen has a narrow orange band bordered by a thin band that varies from white to brown followed by a broader dark brown band with scalloped edge. The legs are similar to the carapace in colour. The genus resembles the grassland species Neoscona moreli, but in this genus the abdominal longitudinal bands are in almost a straight line.[3]
Species
[edit | edit source]As of September 2025[update], this genus includes three species:[1]
- Kilima conspersa Grasshoff, 1970 – DR Congo
- Kilima decens (Blackwall, 1866) – Central, East, Southern Africa, Seychelles (type species)
- Kilima griseovariegata (Tullgren, 1910) – Central, East Africa, Yemen
References
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External links
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