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Poecilarcys

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Poecilarcys is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Poecilarcys ditissimus. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to hold the single species moved from the now obsolete "catch-all" genus Epeira. It has only been found in Tunisia.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAraneidae

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Parent taxon
Araneidae
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original combination
Poecilarcys ditissimus
taxon name
Poecilarcys
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Poecilarcys is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Poecilarcys ditissimus. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1895 to hold the single species moved from the now obsolete "catch-all" genus Epeira. It has only been found in Tunisia.

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