Poecilopachys

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Poecilopachys
Poecilopachys australasiae.jpg
Two spined spider (Poecilopachys australasia) from New Zealand
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Subfamily: Cyrtarachninae s.l.
Genus: Poecilopachys
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
P. australasia
(Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
Species

5, see text

Poecilopachys is a genus of Australasian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]

Species[]

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

  • Poecilopachys australasia (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), Samoa
  • (Rainbow, 1899) – Vanuatu
  • Chrysanthus, 1971 – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland)
  • (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland)
  • (L. Koch, 1871) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), Samoa

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Poecilopachys Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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