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Genus: Cladothela Kishida, 1928 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Cladothela auster Kamura, 1997

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026830

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan m (Ar 3457) - (Kamura, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Cladothela auster Kamura, 1997: 78, f. 1-4 (Dm; f f. 3-4 see Cladothela sakishima) Original description

Cladothela auster Kamura, 2009: 489, f. 81-82 (m; f f. 83 see Cladothela sakishima)

Cladothela auster Kamura, 2025: 36, f. 7A-D, 8A-L, 9A-D (m, Df)

References

Kamura, T. (1997). Two species of the genera Cladothela and Trachyzelotes (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Yaeyama Islands, southwest Japan. Acta Arachnologica 46(2): 77-81. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.46.77 -- Show included taxa

Kamura, T. (2009). Trochanteriidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae, Corinnidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 482-500, 551-557. -- Show included taxa

Kamura, T. (2025). Two new species of the genus Cladothela (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Nansei Islands, southwest Japan, with the description of the true female of C. auster. Acta Arachnologica 74(1): 27-38. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.74.27 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-08-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Kamura, 2025
2025-08-20	First description of female	Kamura, 2025	Old value
2025-08-20	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Cladothela notus Kamura, 2025
2024-08-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki et al., 2023