Poecilarcys is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Poecilarcys ditissimus. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to hold the single species moved from the now obsolete "catch-all" genus Epeira.[2] It has only been found in Tunisia.[1]
Poecilarcys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Poecilarcys Simon, 1895[1] |
Species: | P. ditissimus
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Binomial name | |
Poecilarcys ditissimus (Simon, 1885)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Poecilarcys Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.