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

Caerostris hirsuta (Simon, 1895)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015478

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

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Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 6f (10240) - (Grasshoff, 1984)

Taxonomic References

Trichocharis hirsuta Simon, 1895a: 835 (Df) Original description

Caerostris hirsuta Grasshoff, 1984: 756, f. 4, 39 (f, T from Trichocharis)

Caerostris hirsuta Gregorič et al., 2025a: 11, f. 1E, 5A-E, 6D-F (f)

References

Grasshoff, M. (1984). Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Caerostris (Arachnida: Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 98(4): 725-765. -- Show included taxa

Gregorič, M., Yu, K. P., Rojas Velez, W. & Garb, J. E. (2025a). Caerostris (Araneidae: Araneae) cryptic diversity highlights the need for taxonomic expertise in the genomic era. European Journal of Taxonomy 989: 1-23. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2877 -- 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 (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-25	New taxonomic reference entry	Gregorič et al., 2025a