Acroaspis

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Acroaspis
Acroaspis mamillana (10.3897-evolsyst.3.33454) Figure 2.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Acroaspis
Karsch, 1878[1]
Type species

Karsch, 1878
Species

6, see text

Acroaspis is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.[2]

Species[]

As of April 2019 it contains six species in Australia and New Zealand:[1]

  • Acroaspis decorosa (Urquhart, 1894) – New Zealand
  • (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (New South Wales)
  • (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Karsch, 1878 – Australia (Western Australia, New South Wales)
  • (Keyserling, 1886) – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Thorell, 1881 – Australia (Queensland)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Acroaspis Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. ^ Karsch, F. (1878). "Exotisch-araneologisches". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 51: 771–826.


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