Acrosomoides
| Acrosomoides | |
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| Acrosomoides acrosomoides | |
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| A. acrosomoides in Madagascar | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Acrosomoides Simon, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. linnaei (Walckenaer, 1841) | |
Acrosomoides is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.[2][1]
Species
[edit]As of January 2026[update], this genus includes three species:[1]
- Acrosomoides acrosomoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) – Madagascar
- Acrosomoides linnaei (Walckenaer, 1841) – West, Central, East Africa
- Acrosomoides tetraedra (Walckenaer, 1841) – Cameroon, DR Congo
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Gen. Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1887). "Etudes arachnologiques. 19e Mémoire. XXVII. Arachnides recueillis à Assinie (Afrique occidentale) par MM. Chaper et Alluaud". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 7 (6): 261–276.
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