Biology:Togacantha

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Togacantha
Togacantha nordviei.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Togacantha
Dahl, 1914[1]
Species:
T. nordviei
Binomial name
Togacantha nordviei
(Strand, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Gasteracantha nordviei

Strand, 1913

Togacantha is a genus of orb-weaver spiders found in Africa. It is monotypic and contains the single species Togacantha nordviei. It was first described as a subgenus of Gasteracantha by Friedrich Dahl in 1914,[2] and was later elevated to genus status.[3] Only the female was known until a male was found and described in 1982.[4][1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Togacantha Dahl, 1914". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/415. Retrieved 2019-05-15. 
  2. Dahl, F. (1914). "Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung.". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 235–301. 
  3. Emerit, M. (1974). "Arachnides araignées Araneidae Gasteracanthinae". Faune Madagascar 38: 29. 
  4. Emerit, M. (1982). "Mise à jour de nos connaissances sur la systématique des Araneidae d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Nouveaux mâles de Gasteracanthinae et de Cyrtarachninae". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 4: 461. 

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