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Nilus (spider)
''Nilus'' is a genus of Pisauridae, nursery web spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1876. Species it contains eighteen species, found only in Africa, Asia, and India: *''Nilus albocinctus'' (Carl Ludwig Doleschall, Doleschall, 1859) – India to Philippines *''Nilus curtus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 (Type_species, type) – Africa *''Nilus decorata'' (Patel & Reddy, 1990) – India *''Nilus esimoni'' (Sierwald, 1984) – Madagascar *''Nilus jayakari'' (Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Oman *''Nilus kolosvaryi'' (Lodovico di Caporiacco, Caporiacco, 1947) – Central, East, Southern Africa *''Nilus leoninus'' (Embrik Strand, Strand, 1916) – Madagascar *''Nilus majungensis'' (Strand, 1907) – Mayotte, Madagascar *''Nilus margaritatus'' (Reginald Innes Pocock, Pocock, 1898) – Central, South Africa *''Nilus massajae'' (Pavesi, 1883) – Africa *''Nilus paralbocinctus'' (Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2004) – China, Laos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider from a large collection that he made with contributions sent to him by correspondents from around the world. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset, the fifth son of Rev. George Pickard, rector and squire of Bloxworth: the family changed its name to Pickard-Cambridge in 1848 after receiving the property left behind by a relative, Charles Owen Cambridge, of Whitminster House in Gloucestershire. Octavius was tutored at home by the poet William Barnes, after failing to receive admission to Winchester College. He also learned to play the violin from Sidney Smith. He then studied law in London before theology at the University of Durham. He was very active and made many friends in this period. He served as steward at steeplechases and presided over the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
