Buitinga wataita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pholcoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Haplogynae Superfamilia: Pholcoidea

Familia: Pholcidae
Subfamilia: Pholcinae
Genus: Buitinga
Species: Buitinga wataita

Name

• Buitinga wataita Huber & Warui, 2012: 22, figs. 32-35, 75-80

Holotype: ZFMK (Ar 8737), ♂.

Type locality: KENYA, Coast Province, Taita Hills, Ngangao Forest (3°22.2’S, 38°20.4’E), 1810 m a.s.l., 19 Jan. 2010 (B.A. Huber).

Etymology: The species is named after the Taita people (also Wataita or Wadawida), a Kenyan ethnic group located in the Taita-Taveta District.

References

• Huber, Bernhard A. & Charles M. Warui, 2012: East African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European journal of taxonomy, 29: 1–44.