Acusilas

Acusilas is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]

This article is about the genus of spiders. For the ancient Greek logographer and mythographer, see Acusilaus.

Acusilas
Acusilas coccineus, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Acusilas
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
A. coccineus
Simon, 1895
Species

9, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains nine species:[1]

  • Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895 – West, Central, East Africa
  • Acusilas callidus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 – India, China to Indonesia (Moluccas)
  • Acusilas dahoneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
  • Acusilas lepidus (Thorell, 1898) – Myanmar
  • Acusilas malaccensis Murphy & Murphy, 1983 – Thailand, Laos, China, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
  • Acusilas spiralis Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Acusilas vei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Acusilas vilei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)

References
  1. "Gen. Acusilas Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. Simon, E. (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
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