Poecilopachys
Poecilopachys is a genus of Australasian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]
| Poecilopachys | |
|---|---|
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| Two spined spider (Poecilopachys australasia) from New Zealand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyrtarachninae s.l. |
| Genus: | Poecilopachys Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. australasia (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) | |
| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Species
As of April 2019 it contains five species:[1]
- Poecilopachys australasia (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), Samoa
- Poecilopachys jenningsi (Rainbow, 1899) – Vanuatu
- Poecilopachys minutissima Chrysanthus, 1971 – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland)
- Poecilopachys speciosa (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland)
- Poecilopachys verrucosa (L. Koch, 1871) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), Samoa
References
- "Gen. Poecilopachys Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
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