Biology:Aethriscus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Aethriscus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Aethriscus
Pocock, 1902[1]
Type species
A. olivaceus
Pocock, 1902
Species
  • A. olivaceus Pocock, 1902 – Congo
  • Lessert, 1930 – Congo A. pani

Aethriscus is a genus of Central African orb-weaver spiders first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1902.[2] (As of April 2019) it contains only two species, both found in Middle Africa.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Aethriscus Pocock, 1902". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/267. Retrieved 2019-05-11. 
  2. Pocock, R. I. (1902). "Some new African spiders.". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 (7): 315–330. doi:10.1080/00222930208678678. https://zenodo.org/record/2363840. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2825687 entry