Damastes (spider)

For the character in Greek mythology, see Procrustes.
Damastes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Damastes
Simon, 1880
Species

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Damastes is a genus of huntsman spiders native to Madagascar, Mozambique, and Seychelles. It is classified under the family Sparassidae, though its subfamilial classification remains unclear.[1][2] It contains the following species:[3]

  • Damastes coquereli affinis Strand, 1907 - Madagascar

References

  1. ^ Peter Jäger (2002). "Heteropodinae: Transfers and Synonymies (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae". Acta Arachnologica 51 (1): 33–61. http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/arachnologie/heteropodinae_jaeger_2002.pdf. 
  2. ^ Peter Jäger (1997). "First results of a taxonomic revision of the SE Asian Sparassidae (Araneae)". Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh 1997: 53–59. http://www.european-arachnology.org/proceedings/17th/6Jager.pdf. 
  3. ^ Norman I. Platnick. "The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.0". The American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/SPARASSIDAE.html. Retrieved December 18, 2011.