Gastroxya

Gastroxya is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1962.[2]

Gastroxya
Scientific classification
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
Species

4, see text

Species

As of April 2019 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
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References

  1. "Gen. Gastroxya Benoit, 1962". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. 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.


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