''Prasonica'' 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 ten species:
*''
Prasonica affinis''
Strand
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*The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Beach
** Shoreline
* Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places Africa
* Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
* ...
, 1906 – Algeria
*''
Prasonica albolimbata''
Simon, 1895 (
type
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* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* ...
) – Congo, Madagascar, Yemen
*''
Prasonica anarillea''
Roberts, 1983 – Seychelles (Aldabra)
*''
Prasonica hamata''
Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
*''
Prasonica insolens''
(Simon, 1909) – India, Vietnam, Java
*''
Prasonica nigrotaeniata''
(Simon, 1909) – West, Central, East Africa
*''
Prasonica olivacea''
Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
*''
Prasonica opaciceps''
(Simon, 1895) – New Guinea
*''
Prasonica plagiata''
(Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand
*''
Prasonica seriata''
Simon, 1895 – Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of New Zealand
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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