Acantharachne

Acantharachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910 [1]
Type species
A. cornuta Tullgren, 1910
Species
8, see text

Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910. ^[2]

Taxonomy

The genus Acantharachne was erected by Albert Tullgren in 1910 for the species Acantharachne cornuta . There was already a genus of echinoderms with a name differing only in the last letter, Acantharachna, so in 1929, Embrik Strand put forward a replacement name, Acantharanea. However, as the spelling was different, even if only by one letter, replacement was unnecessary. ^[1]

Species

As of April 2019 ^[update] it contains eight species: ^[1]

• Acantharachne cornuta Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
• Acantharachne giltayi Lessert, 1938 – Congo, Madagascar
• Acantharachne lesserti Giltay, 1930 – Congo
• Acantharachne madecassa Emerit, 2000 – Madagascar
• Acantharachne milloti Emerit, 2000 – Madagascar
• Acantharachne psyche Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
• Acantharachne regalis Hirst, 1925 – Cameroon, Congo
• Acantharachne seydeli Giltay, 1935 – Congo

References

1. "Gen. Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
2. Tullgren, A. (1910). Araneae. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6622.