# Kilima

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = 
| image = Kilima decens 299426960 539438130.jpg
| image_caption = Female ''K. decens''
| image2 = Kilima decens 313488082 566124962.jpg
| image2_caption = Female ''K. decens''
| taxon = Kilima
| authority = Grasshoff, 1970<ref name=wsc />
| type_species = ''[K. decens](/source/Kilima_decens)''
| type_species_authority = ([Blackwall](/source/John_Blackwall), 1866)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = {{Specieslist
    | [K. conspersa](/source/Kilima_conspersa)|Grasshoff, 1970
    | [K. decens](/source/Kilima_decens)|(Blackwall, 1866)
    | [K. griseovariegata](/source/Kilima_griseovariegata)|(Tullgren, 1910)
  }}
}}

'''''Kilima''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [Africa](/source/Africa)n [orb-weaver spiders](/source/Araneidae) first described by [M. Grasshoff](/source/%3Aspecies%3AM._Grasshoff) in 1970.<ref name=Gras1970 /> {{as of|2019|04}} it contains three species.<ref name=wsc />

==Description==
{{see also|Glossary of spider terms}}

Total length of females and males is 7-9 mm. The [carapace](/source/carapace) is elongate with dark median longitudinal band. The [abdomen](/source/Opisthosoma) has a narrow orange band bordered by a thin band that varies from white to brown followed by a broader dark brown band with scalloped edge. The legs are similar to the carapace in colour. The genus resembles the grassland species ''[Neoscona moreli](/source/Neoscona_moreli)'', but in this genus the abdominal longitudinal bands are in almost a straight line.<ref name="dippenaar2022" />

==Species==
{{as of|2025|9}}, this genus includes three species:<ref name="wsc" />
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* ''[Kilima conspersa](/source/Kilima_conspersa)'' <small>Grasshoff, 1970</small> – [DR Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo)
* ''[Kilima decens](/source/Kilima_decens)'' <small>([Blackwall](/source/John_Blackwall), 1866)</small> – Central, East, [Southern Africa](/source/Southern_Africa), [Seychelles](/source/Seychelles) (type species)
* ''[Kilima griseovariegata](/source/Kilima_griseovariegata)'' <small>([Tullgren](/source/Albert_Tullgren), 1910)</small> – Central, [East Africa](/source/East_Africa), [Yemen](/source/Yemen)
{{Div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
  <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/338 | title=Genus Kilima | publisher=World Spider Catalog  | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=26 September 2025}}</ref>
  <ref name="dippenaar2022">{{cite book | last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman | first1=A.S. | last2=Haddad | first2=C.R. | last3=Foord | first3=S.H. | last4=Lotz | first4=L.N. | last5=Webb | first5=P. | year=2022 | title=The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 2 (E-Ne) | publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide | pages=37 | doi=10.5281/zenodo.6619195}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref>
  <ref name=Gras1970>{{cite journal| last=Grasshoff| first=M.| year=1970| title=Die Gattung ''Kilima'' n. gen. (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae).| journal=Senckenbergiana Biologica| pages=119–128| volume=51}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{inaturalist taxon}}

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Category:Araneidae
Category:Araneomorphae genera
Category:Spiders of Africa

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