Kintaqa

Kintaqa is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders erected in 2018 for five species moved from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study.^[1] They are medium-sized spiders, distinguished by their unique enlarged shape of fourth segment of pedipalps.^[2]

Kintaqa
Kintaqa satun
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Kintaqa Huber, 2018[1]
Type species
Pholcus buatong (Huber, 2016)
Species
5, see text

The name honors the Kintaq, a Thai ethnic group.^[2]

Species

As of April 2022^[update] it contains five species:^[1]

• K. buatong (Huber, 2016) (type) – Thailand
• K. fuza (Yao & Li, 2017) – Thailand
• K. mueangensis (Yao & Li, 2017) – Thailand
• K. satun (Huber, 2011) – Thailand, Malaysia
• K. schwendingeri (Huber, 2011) – Thailand

See also

• Pholcus
• List of Pholcidae species