Aethrodiscus
Sign in to saveAethrodiscus is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Aethrodiscus transversalis. It was first described by Embrik Strand in 1913, and has only been found in Central Africa.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Aethrodiscus is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to Araneidae, Africa and Animalia.
It sits within the topics Monotypic Araneidae genera, Spiders of Africa and Spider taxa named by Embrik Strand.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyAraneidae
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- Aethrodiscus
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- Aethrodiscus transversalis
- taxonomic type
- Aethrodiscus transversalis
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Aethrodiscus is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Aethrodiscus transversalis. It was first described by Embrik Strand in 1913, and has only been found in Central Africa.
==References==
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