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Phoroncidia

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Phoroncidia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by J. O. Westwood in 1835.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyTheridiidae
Observations recorded1,852

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
616
With media
5
Family
Theridiidae
Collections
MCZ, NMV, AM
Recorded in
Papua New Guinea, Nicaragua, Mozambique, Madagascar, Australia, Trinidad And Tobago

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Theridiidae
Image
Phoroncidia.ryukyuensis.female.-.tanikawa.jpg
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taxon name
Phoroncidia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Phoroncidia
Commons category
Phoroncidia
taxon author citation
Westwood, 1835
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Species
  • References
  • Further reading

Phoroncidia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by J. O. Westwood in 1835.

==Description==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phoroncidia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.