Madacantha

Madacantha is a genus of East African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Madacantha nossibeana. It was first described by M. Emerit in 1970,[2] and has only been found in Madagascar.[1]

Madacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Madacantha
Emerit, 1970[1]
Species:
M. nossibeana
Binomial name
Madacantha nossibeana
(Strand, 1916)

References

  1. "Gen. Madacantha Emerit, 1970". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. Emerit, M. (1970). "A propos de Gasteracantha nossibeana Strand, 1916, type d'un nouveau genre: Madacantha (Araneidae, Argiopidae) (un nouveau cas de vicariance malgache)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 41: 842–853.


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