Aethriscus

Genus of spiders

Aethriscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Aethriscus
Pocock, 1902[1]
Type species
A. olivaceus
Pocock, 1902
Species
  • A. olivaceus Pocock, 1902 – Congo
  • A. pani Lessert, 1930 – Congo

Aethriscus is a genus of Central African orb-weaver spiders first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1902.[2] As of April 2019[update] it contains only two species, both found in Middle Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Aethriscus Pocock, 1902". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. ^ Pocock, R. I. (1902). "Some new African spiders". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 10 (7): 315–330. doi:10.1080/00222930208678678.
Taxon identifiers
Aethriscus
  • Wikidata: Q2825687
  • Wikispecies: Aethriscus
  • ADW: Aethriscus
  • BioLib: 467703
  • CoL: PX5
  • EoL: 112755
  • GBIF: 2158791
  • iNaturalist: 418936
  • IRMNG: 1365568
  • ITIS: 847799
  • Open Tree of Life: 3570917
  • WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01427


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