Acantharachne

Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910.[2]

Acantharachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Acantharachne
Tullgren, 1910[1]
Type species
A. cornuta
Tullgren, 1910
Species

8, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains eight species:[1]

  • Acantharachne cornuta Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
  • Acantharachne giltayi Lessert, 1938 – Congo, Madagascar
  • Acantharachne lesserti Giltay, 1930 – Congo
  • Acantharachne madecassa Emerit, 2000 – Madagascar
  • Acantharachne milloti Emerit, 2000 – Madagascar
  • Acantharachne psyche Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
  • Acantharachne regalis Hirst, 1925 – Cameroon, Congo
  • Acantharachne seydeli Giltay, 1935 – Congo

References

  1. "Gen. Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. Tullgren, A. (1910). Araneae. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6622.


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