Afracantha camerunensis Thorell, 1899

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Described:

Distribution: Cameroon, DR Congo, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini

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Taxonomic References
Gasteracantha brevispina camerunensis Thorell, 1899: 65 (Df) Original description
Gasteracantha batesi Pocock, 1900g: 858, pl. 56, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060880]
Gasteracantha batesi Dahl, 1914: 252, f. 7 (f, S of Gasteracantha brevispina camerunensis)
Isoxya camerunensis Benoit, 1962a: 25, f. 18 (f, T from Gasteracantha, removed from S of Gasteracantha batesi, rejecting Dahl, 1914: 252, S of Gasteracantha batesi)
Afracantha camerunensis Emerit, 1974: 29 (T from Isoxya)
Gasteracantha camerunensis Levi, 1996b: 143, f. 313-321 (f)
Afracantha camerunensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 11, p. 10: 4 unnumbered f., p. 11: 7 unnumbered f. f (f)
References

Benoit, P. L. G. (1962a). Monographie des Araneidae-Gasteracanthinae africains (Araneae). Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques 112: 1-70. -- Show included taxa

Dahl, F. (1914). Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 235-301. -- Show included taxa

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

Emerit, M. (1974). Arachnides araignées Araneidae Gasteracanthinae. Faune Madagascar 38: 1-215. -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1996b). The American orb weavers Hypognatha, Encyosaccus, Xylethrus, Gasteracantha, and Enacrosoma (Araneae, Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 155: 89-157. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1900g). On the scorpions, pedipalps and spiders from tropical West-Africa, represented in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 67(4, 1899): 833-885, pl. 55-58. [[published in April 1900, after Duncan, 1937]] -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1899). Araneae Camerunenses (Africae occidentalis) quas anno 1891 collegerunt Cel. Dr Y. Sjöstedt aliique. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 25(IV, 1): 1-105. -- Show included taxa

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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

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