Biology:Augusta glyphica

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Augusta glyphica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Augusta
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877[1]
Species:
A. glyphica
Binomial name
Augusta glyphica
(Guérin, 1839)[1]

Augusta glyphica is the only species in the monotypic spider genus Augusta, which is endemic to Madagascar .[1] The genus name is taken from the Latin word augusta, the feminine form of augustus, meaning "venerable".[2]

See also

  • List of spiders of Madagascar

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Augusta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/285, retrieved 2016-02-25 
  2. "Augustus–Dictionary definition of Augustus". A Dictionary of World History accessed through Encyclopedia.com. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Augustus.html. Retrieved 2010-04-27. 

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