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Stegodyphus
Sign in to saveStegodyphus is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1873. They are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with one species (S. manaus) found in Brazil. The name is derived from Ancient Greek (stegos), meaning "covered".
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyEresidae
Stegodyphus is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie koepelspinnen.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 113
- Family
- Eresidae
- Collections
- CASC, MCZ, SAM, ARC-PPRI
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Israel, South Africa, Namibia
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- Species
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Stegodyphus is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1873. They are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with one species (S. manaus) found in Brazil. The name is derived from Ancient Greek (stegos), meaning "covered".
==Behavior==
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