Zatavua madagascariensis

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: Zatavua
Species: Zatavua madagascariensis

Name

Zatavua madagascariensis (Fage, 1945)

Type locality: grotte d’Andoharano (about 22º50'S, 43º40'E), Manombo valley, Toliara, Madagascar.

Syntypes: MNHN. One male, 3 females and 1 juvenile. legit M.R. Decary. MP AR 10389.

Synonymy

• Spermophora madagascariensis Fage, 1945: 303 (original combination)
• Zatavua madagascariensis (Fage): Huber, 2003: 280

References

Primary references

• Fage, J.L. 1945. Arachnides cavernicoles nouveaux de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (2) 17: 301-307. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Huber, B.A. 2003a. Cladistic analysis of Malagasy pholcid spiders reveals generic level endemism: Revision of Zatavua n. gen. and Paramicromerys Millot (Pholcidae, Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137(2): 261-318. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00046.x. . Reference page.