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Stegodyphus

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Stegodyphus

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Stegodyphus is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1873. They are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with one species (S. manaus) found in Brazil. The name is derived from Ancient Greek (stegos), meaning "covered".

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyEresidae

Stegodyphus is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie koepelspinnen.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
113
Family
Eresidae
Collections
CASC, MCZ, SAM, ARC-PPRI
Recorded in
Madagascar, Israel, South Africa, Namibia

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Contents
  • Behavior
  • Species
  • References

Stegodyphus is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1873. They are distributed from Africa to Europe and Asia, with one species (S. manaus) found in Brazil. The name is derived from Ancient Greek (stegos), meaning "covered".

==Behavior==

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