Biology:Paccius

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Paccius
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachelidae
Genus: Paccius
Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
P. madagascariensis (Simon, 1889)
Species

8, see text

Paccius is a genus of African araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1898 as a member of Corinnidae,[2] and moved to Trachelidae in 2014.[3]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains eight species from Madagascar and Seychelles:[1]

  • Paccius angulatus Platnick, 2000 — Madagascar
  • Paccius elevatus Platnick, 2000 — Madagascar
  • Paccius griswoldi Platnick, 2000 — Madagascar
  • Paccius madagascariensis (Simon, 1889) — Madagascar
  • Paccius mucronatus Simon, 1898 — Madagascar
  • Paccius quadridentatus Simon, 1898 — Seychelles
  • Paccius quinteri Platnick, 2000 — Madagascar
  • Paccius scharffi Platnick, 2000 — Madagascar

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Paccius Simon, 1898". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/567. 
  2. Simon, E. (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 
  3. Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 390: 342. doi:10.1206/821.1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q656569 entry