Porcataraneus

Porcataraneus is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders first described by X. Q. Mi & X. J. Peng in 2011.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species from India and China.[1]

Porcataraneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Porcataraneus
Mi & Peng, 2011[1]
Type species
P. cruciatus
Mi & Peng, 2011
Species
  • P. bengalensis (Tikader, 1975) – India, China
  • P. cruciatus Mi & Peng, 2011 – China
  • P. nanshanensis (Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990) – China

References
  1. "Gen. Porcataraneus Mi & Peng, 2011". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. Mi, X. Q.; Peng, X. J. (2011). "Description of Porcataraneus gen. nov., with three species from China (Araneae: Araneidae)". Oriental Insects. 45: 7–19. doi:10.1080/00305316.2011.579402. S2CID 86244063.
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