Megaraneus
Sign in to saveMegaraneus is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Megaraneus gabonensis. It was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968, to contain the single species originally published under the name Epeira gabonensis. It is found across several African countries and is commonly known as the Gabon Megaraneus orb-web spider.
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Megaraneus, and connects out to Araneidae, Reginald Frederick Lawrence and Africa.
Vinony files it under Araneidae, Monotypic Araneomorphae genera and Spiders described in 1858.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Megaraneus is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Megaraneus gabonensis. It was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968, to contain the single species originally published under the name Epeira gabonensis. It is found across several African countries and is commonly known as the Gabon Megaraneus orb-web spider.
==Distribution== Megaraneus gabonensis has been recorded from seven African countries: Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, and South Africa.
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