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Genus: Caerostris Thorell, 1868 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Caerostris darwini Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2010

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043500

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

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Taxonomic References

Caerostris darwini Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2010: 6, f. 2A-C, 4D-E, 5A-B, 6A-F (Dmf) Original description

Caerostris darwini Kuntner et al., 2025: 15, f. 12C, S6A-G (m)

References

Kuntner, M. & Agnarsson, I. (2010). Web gigantism in Darwin's bark spider, a new species from Madagascar (Araneidae: Caerostris). Journal of Arachnology 38: 346-356. -- Show included taxa

Kuntner, M., Yu, K. P., Bedjanič, M., Gregorič, M., Turk, E., Čandek, K., Coddington, J. A., Agnarsson, I., Starrett, J. & Bond, J. E. (2025). Osmooka, a new spider genus from Madagascar: a surprising relative of the Australian fauna (Araneae: Paraplectanoididae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 9(6, ixaf050): 1-26, Suppl. 20 pp. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixaf050 -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Kuntner et al., 2025