• Source: Acantharachne

      • Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910.


      Taxonomy


      The genus Acantharachne was erected by Albert Tullgren in 1910 for the species Acantharachne cornuta. There was already a genus of echinoderms with a name differing only in the last letter, Acantharachna, so in 1929, Embrik Strand put forward a replacement name, Acantharanea. However, as the spelling was different, even if only by one letter, replacement was unnecessary.


      = Species

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      As of April 2019 it contains eight species:

      Acantharachne cornuta Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
      Acantharachne giltayi Lessert, 1938 – Congo, Madagascar
      Acantharachne lesserti Giltay, 1930 – Congo
      Acantharachne madecassa Emerit, 2000 – Madagascar
      Acantharachne milloti Emerit, 2000 – Madagascar
      Acantharachne psyche Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
      Acantharachne regalis Hirst, 1925 – Cameroon, Congo
      Acantharachne seydeli Giltay, 1935 – Congo


      References

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