Gasteracantha Sundevall
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.847631 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280929 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/737187FF-FF9C-983F-B40C-FDBBFA49D85E |
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Jeremy |
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Gasteracantha Sundevall |
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Genus 2. Gasteracantha Sundevall View in CoL View at ENA
1833. Gasteracantha Sundevall, Conspectus Arachnidum ,: 14.
1981. Gasteracantha: Tikader & Biswas, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. pap. No. 30 (1): 33.
Type-species: Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus) View in CoL .
Distribution: Tropical countries of the world.
Key to the species of the genus Gasteracantha Sundevall
1. Dorsum of abdomen provided with one conspicuous transverse yellowish bar........................................................................................................... kuhlii Dorsum of the abdomen not provided with one conspicuous transverse yellowish bar....2
2. Median spine slender and arcuate................................... ................................. arcuata
3. Dorsum of the abdomen provided with three conspicuous transverse yellowish bars................................................................................................................ diadesmia
4. Dorsum of the abdomen not provided with three conspicuous transverse yellowish bars................................................................................................................ mammosa
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