Artema atlanta

Short description: Species of spider

Artema atlanta

A. atlanta from North America
A. atlanta from Barrow Island, Western Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Araneae
Infraorder:  | Araneomorphae
Family:  | Pholcidae
Genus:  | Artema
Species:  |

A. atlanta

Binomial name
Artema atlanta

Walckenaer, 1837[1]

Synonyms[1]

* Artema mauriciana Walckenaer, 1837
* Doleschall, 1857 Vinson, 1863
* Kulczyński, 1901 Crossopriza sex-signata
* Artema mauricia Franganillo, 1926
* Artema convexa Vinson, 1863
* González-Sponga, 2005 Pholcus rotundatus
* Pholcus sisyphoides Blackwall, 1858
* Karsch, 1879 Artema sisyphoides
* Pholcus borbonicus (Doleschall, 1857)
* Coroia magna Artema kochii

Artema atlanta is a species of spider of the family Pholcidae with a pantropical distribution. It is commonly known as the giant daddy-long-legs spider, in Australia[2] and South Africa.[3] With a body length of 8–11 mm, it is the largest pholcid in the world.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading
* 5 External links

## Description

Specimens of both sexes have a body length of 8–11 mm.[5] Their first pair of legs is roughly 6.5 times the length of the body.[5]

## Distribution

A. atlanta can be found in all tropical regions, such as the Seychelles, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam[5] and Brazil.[6] It can be found on every continent (apart from Antarctica).[6] It has been introduced into Belgium (Antwerp),[1] and North America, where (as of 2009) colonies can be found in southern Arizona and southeastern California in the United States.[4] Two spiders were found in a shipping container which arrived in England in 2004.[6] It is suggested that the species originates from the Old World, although it was first described from Brazil.[6]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Taxon details Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/25764, retrieved 2025-10-18
2. ↑ Queensland Museum: [1] Retrieved 2018-01-16.
3. ↑ Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. A field guide to the spiders of South Africa. LAPA Publishers, 2014.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 BugGuide: Artema atlanta
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Saaristo MI 2001: Pholcid spiders of the granitic Seychelles (Araneae, Pholicidae). Phelsuma 9:15-17
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Lee P 2005: An imported pholcid in Felixstowe. News. Br. arachnol. Soc. 102:7

## Further reading

* van Keer, K. & van Keer, J. (2001): Ingeburgerde exotische trilspinnen (Araneae: Pholcidae) in Antwerpse haven en enkele algemene bedenkingen bij spinnenmigratie. Nwsbr. Belg. Arachnol. Ver. 16(3): 81–86.

## External links

* {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

* PaDIL: Diagnostic images

Wikidata ☰ Q4323544 entry

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