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Acacesia
Acacesia tenella
Acacesia hamata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Acacesia
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
Epeira hamata
(Hentz, 1847)
Species

6, see text

Acacesia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] 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 4.3 to 8 millimetres (0.17 to 0.31 in), of males from 3.6 to 6.5 millimetres (0.14 to 0.26 in)[3]

Behavior

As the other species are only known from museum specimens, only the natural history A. hamata is known in any detail.[3][4]

Relationships

Ocrepeira and Cyclosa are close relatives of this genus.[3]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains six species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Acacesia Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. ^ a b c Glueck, Susan (1994). "A Taxonomic Revision of the Orb Weaver Genus Acacesia (Araneae: Araneidae)". Psyche. 101: 59–84. doi:10.1155/1994/34645.
  4. ^ Levi, Herbert W. (1976). "The Orb-weaver Genera Verrucosa, Acanthepeira, Wagneriana, Acacesia, Wixia, Scoloderus and Alpaida North of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 147 (8): 351–391.