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Hypsacantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Hypsacantha
Dahl, 1914
Species:
H. crucimaculata
Binomial name
Hypsacantha crucimaculata
Dahl, 1914[1]

Hypsacantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Hypsacantha crucimaculata. It was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1914,[2] and has only been found in Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Hypsacantha Dahl, 1914". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ^ Dahl, F. (1914). "Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 7: 235–301.