| Mistaria zorica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Mistaria |
| Species: | M. zorica |
| Binomial name | |
| Mistaria zorica (Strand, 1913) [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Mistaria zorica is a species of spider in the family Agelenidae. It is native to Central and East Africa. It was first described by Strand in 1913 as Agelena zorica, and transferred to the genus Mistaria in 2018. [1]
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Dolomedes is a genus of large spiders of the family Pisauridae. They are also known as fishing spiders, raft spiders, dock spiders or wharf spiders. Almost all Dolomedes species are semiaquatic, with the exception of the tree-dwelling D. albineus of the southeastern United States. Many species have a striking pale stripe down each side of the body.
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Lamponidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1893. It contains about 200 described species in 23 genera, most of which are endemic to Australia, with the genus Centrocalia endemic to New Caledonia, and two Lampona species also occurring in New Zealand where it is commonly known as the "White Tail" spider. Lampona papua is endemic to New Guinea, where two otherwise Australian species also occur.
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Lamponina is a genus of Australian white tailed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1913.
Aethrodiscus is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Aethrodiscus transversalis. It was first described by Embrik Strand in 1913, and has only been found in Central Africa.
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