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Geraesta

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Geraesta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Geraesta
Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
G. hirta
Simon, 1889
Species

6, see text

Geraesta is a genus of African crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.[2]

Species

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As of September 2020 it contains six species, found in Africa:[1]

In synonymy:

  • G. bilobata Simon, 1897 = Geraesta hirta Simon, 1889

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Geraesta Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1889). "Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXI. Descriptions d'espèces et the genres nouveaux de Madagascar et de Mayotte". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 8 (6): 223–236.

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