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Testudinaria Unipunctata
''Testudinaria'' is a genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ... of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Władysław Taczanowski in 1879. Species it contains nine species: *''Testudinaria bonaldoi'' Herbert Walter Levi, Levi, 2005 – Brazil *''Testudinaria debsmithae'' Levi, 2005 – Suriname to Peru, Bolivia *''Testudinaria elegans'' Taczanowski, 1879 – Panama to Peru *''Testudinaria geometrica'' Taczanowski, 1879 (Type species, type) – Panama to Peru, Brazil *''Testudinaria gravatai'' Levi, 2005 – Brazil *''Testudinaria lemniscata'' (Eugène Simon, Simon, 1893) – Brazil *''Testudinaria quadripunctata'' Taczanowski, 1879 – Venezuela to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil *''Testudinaria rosea'' (Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, Mello-Leitão, 1945) – A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Władysław Taczanowski
Władysław Taczanowski (; 17 March 1819, in Jabłonna, Lublin Voivodeship – 17 January 1890, in Warsaw) was a Polish zoologist and collector of natural history who explored the Russian Far East and northern Africa. He specialized mainly in ornithology but also described numerous other taxa including reptiles and arachnids. Life A member of an old noble (''szlachta'') magnate family, Taczanowski, from the Poznań region Władysław studied in Lublin and managed the family farm after the death of his father. He then joined government service and served on special missions of the governor of Radom. He joined the Warsaw University Museum in 1855 and began to travel and train at other museums. In 1865 he joined Benedict Dybowski and Victor Godlewski on expeditions to Eastern Russia. In 1862 he succeeded Feliks Paweł Jarocki as curator. Taczanowski took part in an expedition to Algeria with Antoni Waga, Antoni S. Waga (1866–67) and wrote several significant studies including ''Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
