World Spider Catalog

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

Caerostris kuntneri Gregorič & Yu, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064919

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Museum of Natural History = United States National Museum (USNM), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA f (ARA5602) - (Gregorič et al., 2025a)
Paratype: National Museum of Natural History = United States National Museum (USNM), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA 1m (ARA1961) - (Gregorič et al., 2025a)

Taxonomic References

Caerostris kuntneri Gregorič & Yu in Gregorič et al., 2025a: 14, f. 1F, 6G-I, 7A-M (Dmf) Original description

References

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

Edit History

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

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