Biology:Megaraneus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Megaraneus | |
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| M. gabonensis, dorsal view | |
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| M. gabonensis, ventral view | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968[1] |
| Species: | M. gabonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Megaraneus gabonensis (Lucas, 1858)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Megaraneus is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Megaraneus gabonensis. It was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968,[3] to contain the single species originally published under the name Epeira gabonensis.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/352. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Grasshoff, M. (1984). "Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Caerostris (Arachnida: Araneae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine 98: 725–765.
- ↑ Lawrence, R. F. (1968). "Four new spiders from southern Africa (Araneae).". Annals of the Natal Museum 20: 109–121.
- ↑ Lucas, H. (1858), "Aptères", in Thomson, J. (in French), Voyage au Gabon. Archives Entomologiques de M. J. Thomson, 2, p. 420
Wikidata ☰ Q20644650 entry
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