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Genus: Acusilas Simon, 1895 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895

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Described:

Distribution: Sierra Leone, Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon, Tanzania, South Africa

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It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895a: 785, f. 849 (Df) Original description

Acusilas africanus Murphy & Murphy, 1983b: 119, f. 7-8 (f)

Acusilas africanus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008: 15, f. 9A-C, 12B, 13B, 15A-B, 16A-E, 17A-B (f, Dm)

Acusilas africanus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 7, p. 6: 1 unnumbered f., p. 7: 6 unnumbered f. (f)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022d). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 1 (A-C). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 74 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6326922 -- Show included taxa

Murphy, J. & Murphy, F. (1983b). The orb weaver genus Acusilas (Araneae, Araneidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 6: 115-123. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, J. B. & Scharff, N. (2008). A taxonomic revision of the orb-weaving spider genus Acusilas Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Araneidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 39(1): 1-38. doi: 10.1163/187631208788784147 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-06-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d
2022-06-07	Species distribution update	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d	Old value