Pseudartonis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Pseudartonis
Simon, 1903[1]
Type species
P. occidentalis
Simon, 1903
Species

4, see text

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

Species

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

  • Pseudartonis flavonigra Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia
  • Pseudartonis lobata Simon, 1909 – East Africa
  • Pseudartonis occidentalis Simon, 1903 (type) – Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon
  • Pseudartonis semicoccinea Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Pseudartonis Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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