Ancient origins of the Mediterranean trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae).The family is represented in the Mediterranean Basin by three genera and nine species: Cteniza and Cyrtocarenum, mostly endemic to the region, and Ummidia, long considered an anthropogenic introduction to the Mediterranean because the bulk of its diversity is in the New World
Ctenizidae
Ancient origins of the Mediterranean trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae).The family is represented in the Mediterranean Basin by three genera and nine species: Cteniza and Cyrtocarenum, mostly endemic to the region, and Ummidia, long considered an anthropogenic introduction to the Mediterranean because the bulk of its diversity is in the New World
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