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Thapsagus

Thapsagus is a monotypic genus of East African sheet weavers containing the single species, Thapsagus pulcher. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894, and has only been found on Madagascar.

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Length
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Thapsagus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Thapsagus
Simon, 18941
Species:
T. pulcher
Binomial name
Thapsagus pulcher
Simon, 1894

Thapsagus is a monotypic genus of East African sheet weavers containing the single species, Thapsagus pulcher. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894,2 and has only been found on Madagascar.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Thapsagus Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  2. Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.