Artema is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. Species it contains twelve species, found in Africa, Asia, Greece, and Turkey: Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 (type) – Northern Africa and Middle East. Introduced elsewhere (mainly tropical and subtropical regions) Artema bahla Huber, 2019 – Oman Artema bunkpurugu Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – West Africa Artema dhofar Huber, 2019 – Oman Artema doriae (Thorell, 1881) – Turkey, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Afghanistan. Introduced: Japan Artema ghubrat Huber, 2019 – Oman Artema kochi Kulczyński, 1901 – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Yemen, Egypt? Artema magna Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan, Pakistan? Artema martensi Huber, 2021 – Morocco Artema nephilit Aharon, Huber & Gavish-Regev, 2017 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Yemen?, United Arab Emirates? Artema transcaspica Spassky, 1934 – Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Artema ziaretana (Roewer, 1960) – Afghanistan See also List of Pholcidae species References Araneomorphae genera Pholcidae Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer