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Genus: Neoscona Simon, 1864 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Neoscona kisangani Grasshoff, 1986

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016714

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Described:

Distribution: DR Congo, South Africa

External Resources*: GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Neoscona kisangani Grasshoff, 1986, 1 m (34090-117); 2 f (34091-117) -
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium (database excerpt, Feb. 2019) (16277) -

Taxonomic References

Neoscona kisangani Grasshoff, 1986: 28, f. 31-35 (Dmf) Original description

Neoscona kisangani Booysen, Dippenaar-Schoeman & Uys, 2025: 17, f. 1-6 (f)

References

Booysen, R., Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. & Uys, W. (2025). First records of Neoscona kisangani Grasshoff, 1986 from South Africa (Araneae: Araneidae). SANSA Newsletter 56: 17-18. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.18043736 -- Show included taxa

Grasshoff, M. (1986). Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika (Arachnida: Araneae). Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen 250: 1-123. -- 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
2026-01-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Booysen, Dippenaar-Schoeman & Uys, 2025
2026-01-09	Species distribution update	Booysen, Dippenaar-Schoeman & Uys, 2025	Old value