Teranga

Genus of spiders

Teranga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Teranga Huber, 2018
Type species
Pholcus kerinci (Huber, 2011)
Species
4, see text

Teranga is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders erected in 2018 for four species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of the Calapnita-Panjange clade of Pholcidae. They are medium-sized cellar spiders, averaging 3.5 to 4.5 millimetres (0.14 to 0.18 in) in length, with longer legs, the first pair reaching 30 to 40 millimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) long. The abdomen is long and thin, with a slight upward bend near the end. The name is derived from the Malay "terang", meaning "bright", referring to their light color.

Calapnita‑Panjange clade

Nipisa

	Kintaqa

	Pribumia

Paiwana

Muruta

	Meraha

	Calapnita

Tissahamia

	Teranga

	Panjange

Species

As of April 2022 it contains four species:

T. cibodas (Huber, 2011) – Indonesia (Java)
T. domingo (Huber, 2016) – Philippines
T. kerinci (Huber, 2011) (type) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
T. matutum (Huber, 2016) – Philippines

References

^ "Gen. Teranga Huber, 2018". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ Huber, B. A.; Eberle, J.; Dimitrov, D. (2018). "The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)". ZooKeys (789): 51–101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.22781. PMC 6193417. PMID 30344435.
Huber, B. A. (2011). "Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien. 58: 1–509.

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