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Acacesia
Sign in to saveAcacesia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. It contains six species with a mostly neotropical distribution, ranging from South America to Mexico. One species, A. hamata, is found in the US as well.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyAraneidae
Acacesia is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie van de wielwebspinnen (Araneidae). Soorten Acacesia benigna Glueck, 1994 Acacesia graciosa Lise & Braul, 1996 Acacesia hamata (Hentz, 1847) Acacesia tenella (L. Koch, 1871) Acacesia villalobosi Glueck, 1994 Acacesia yacuiensis Glueck, 1994
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Acacesia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. It contains six species with a mostly neotropical distribution, ranging from South America to Mexico. One species, A. hamata, is found in the US as well.
==Description== The backs of spiders in this genus are marked with a dagger shape, outlined in black and surrounded by a triangular folium. On each side of the dagger there are parallel rows of orange-brown dots. Body length of females ranges from , of males from
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