Biology:Aetrocantha

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Aetrocantha
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Aetrocantha
Species:
A. falkensteini
Binomial name
Aetrocantha falkensteini
Karsch, 1879[1]

Aetrocantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Aetrocantha falkensteini. It was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879,[2] and has only been found in Central Africa.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Aetrocantha Karsch, 1879". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/269. Retrieved 2019-05-11. 
  2. Karsch, F. (1879). "West-afrikanische Arachniden, gesammelt von Herrn Stabsarzt Dr. Falkenstein.". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 52: 329–373. 

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