Prasonica

Prasonica is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[3]

Prasonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Prasonica Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
P. albolimbata Simon, 1895
Species
10, see text
Synonyms[1]
Lobetina Simon, 1895[2]

Species

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

• Prasonica affinis Strand, 1906 – Algeria
• Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895 (type) – Congo, Madagascar, Yemen
• Prasonica anarillea Roberts, 1983 – Seychelles (Aldabra)
• Prasonica hamata Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
• Prasonica insolens (Simon, 1909) – India, Vietnam, Java
• Prasonica nigrotaeniata (Simon, 1909) – West, Central, East Africa
• Prasonica olivacea Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
• Prasonica opaciceps (Simon, 1895) – New Guinea
• Prasonica plagiata (Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand
• Prasonica seriata Simon, 1895 – Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles

References

1. "Gen. Prasonica Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
2. Grasshoff, M. (1971). "Die Tribus Mangorini, IV. Die Mangora-Gruppe (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae-Araneinae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 52: 295.
3. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.