''Acusilas'' 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 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 1895.

Species

it contains nine species: *'' Acusilas africanus'' Simon, 1895 – West, Central, East Africa *'' Acusilas callidus'' Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) *'' Acusilas coccineus'' Simon, 1895 – India, China to Indonesia (Moluccas) *'' Acusilas dahoneus'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' Acusilas lepidus'' (Thorell, 1898) – Myanmar *'' Acusilas malaccensis'' Murphy & Murphy, 1983 – Thailand, Laos, China, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo *'' Acusilas spiralis'' Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' Acusilas vei'' Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) *'' Acusilas vilei'' Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)

References

Araneidae genera Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Araneidae-stub