''Poecilopachys'' is a

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n orb-weaver spiders first described by

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in 1895.

Species

it contains five species: *''

Poecilopachys australasia ''Poecilopachys australasia'', commonly known as the two-spined spider, is an Australian orb-weaving spider which has also been recorded in New Zealand since the early 1970s. The spider is nocturnal, spinning a cart-wheel-shaped web at night whi ...

'' (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (

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) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), Samoa *''

Poecilopachys jenningsi ''Poecilopachys'' is a genus of Australasian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Species it contains five species: *''Poecilopachys australasia'' (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (type Type may refer to: Science and techn ...

'' (Rainbow, 1899) – Vanuatu *''

Poecilopachys minutissima ''Poecilopachys'' is a genus of Australasian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Species it contains five species: *''Poecilopachys australasia'' (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (type Type may refer to: Science and techn ...

'' Chrysanthus, 1971 – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland) *''

Poecilopachys speciosa ''Poecilopachys'' is a genus of Australasian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Species it contains five species: *''Poecilopachys australasia'' (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (type Type may refer to: Science and techn ...

'' ( L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland) *''

Poecilopachys verrucosa ''Poecilopachys'' is a genus of Australasian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Species it contains five species: *''Poecilopachys australasia'' (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South W ...

'' (L. Koch, 1871) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), Samoa

References

Araneidae Spiders of Asia Spiders of Oceania Araneomorphae genera {{Araneidae-stub