Acrosomoides is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.[2] As of April 2019[update] it contains only three species.[1]
| Acrosomoides | |
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| Acrosomoides acrosomoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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)
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Species
editThe following species are recognised in the genus Acrosomoides:
- Acrosomoides acrosomoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) – Madagascar
- Acrosomoides linnaei (Walckenaer, 1841) – West, Central, East Africa
- Acrosomoides tetraedrus (Walckenaer, 1841) – Cameroon, Congo
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Acrosomoides Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ 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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