Family: Araneidae

Macracantha Simon, 1864

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: described as a subgenus of Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833; elevated to genus by Emerit, 1974: 29.

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Last updated: 2025-06-06

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 2

SYNONYM: 11

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Simon, 1864: 287 type Aranea arcuata Fabricius, 1793; gender feminine
Reference

Simon, E. (1864). Histoire naturelle des Araignées (Aranéides). Roret, Paris, 540 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.47654 [[there are two published versions of pp. 65-68, version 1 from BHL, version 2 from Munich library]] -- Show included taxa

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