Telema

Telema is a genus of long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1882.^[2]

Telema Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Telema tenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Telemidae
Genus:	Telema Simon, 1882[1]
Type species
T. tenella Simon, 1882
Species
6, see text

Species

As of February 2022^[update] it contains six species, most found in Asia, except for T. tenella, found in Europe, and T. mayana, found in Guatemala:^[1]

• Telema auricoma Lin & Li, 2010 – China
• Telema guihua Lin & Li, 2010 – China
• Telema mayana Gertsch, 1973 – Guatemala
• Telema nipponica (Yaginuma, 1972) – Japan
• Telema tenella Simon, 1882 (type) – Spain, France
• Telema wunderlichi Song & Zhu, 1994 – China

See also

• List of Telemidae species
• Pinelema
• Usofila