Ketambea

Ketambea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Ketambea Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992[1]
Type species
K. rostrata Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992
Species
9, see text

Ketambea is a genus of Asian dwarf spiders that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge & A. Russell-Smith in 1992.[2]

Species

As of January 2023^[update] it contains nine species, found in China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Russia, and Thailand:[1]

• Ketambea acuta Tanasevitch, 2017 – China, Myanmar, Thailand
• Ketambea aseptifera Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Ketambea falcata Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Ketambea liupanensis (Tang & Song, 1992) – Russia (Far East), China
• Ketambea nigripectoris (Oi, 1960) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• Ketambea permixta Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Indonesia (Java)
• Ketambea rostrata Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 (type) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Ketambea septifera Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022 – China
• Ketambea vermiformis Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Indonesia (Java)

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Ketambea Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
2. Millidge, A. F.; Russell-Smith, A. (1992). "Linyphiidae from rain forests of Southeast Asia". Journal of Natural History. 26: 1367–1404. doi:10.1080/00222939200770771.