Gastroxya
Appearance
Gastroxya | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Gastroxya Benoit, 1962[1] |
Type species | |
G. schoutedeni Benoit, 1962
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Species | |
4, see text |
Gastroxya is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1962.[2]
Species
[edit]As of April 2019[update] it contains four species:[1]
- Gastroxya benoiti Emerit, 1973 – South Africa
- Gastroxya krausi Benoit, 1962 – Liberia, Congo
- Gastroxya leleupi Benoit, 1962 – Congo
- Gastroxya schoutedeni Benoit, 1962 – Congo, Rwanda, Burundi
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Gastroxya Benoit, 1962". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Benoit, P. L. G. (1962). "Monographie des Araneidae-Gasteracanthinae africains (Araneae)". Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques. 112 (Sc. Zool): 1–70.