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Bird-dropping Araneid Spiders
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Bird-dropping Araneid Spiders

Aethriscus

Aethriscus is a genus of Central African orb-weaver spiders first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1902. As of April 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Middle Africa.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Aethriscus olivaceus

speciesAethriscus olivaceus

Aethriscus pani

speciesAethriscus pani

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 418936.