''Acrosomoides'' 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 African
orb-weaver spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
in 1887.
it contains only three species.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Acrosomoides'':
* ''
Acrosomoides acrosomoides''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) – Madagascar
* ''
Acrosomoides linnaei''
(Walckenaer, 1841) – West, Central, East Africa
* ''
Acrosomoides tetraedrus''
(Walckenaer, 1841) – Cameroon, Congo
References
Araneidae genera
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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