Giant-cellar-spiders

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  • Artema

    Giant Cellar Spiders

    Artema is a genus of cellar spiders (family Pholcidae) first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. The genus includes some of the largest pholcid spiders and is primarily distributed from West Africa through Central Asia to Pakistan. One species, A. atlanta, has been introduced worldwide. The genus comprises twelve recognized species as of October 2025.