Araneidae — Orb WeaversAcroaspis Orb Weavers Image Index Argiope protensa Australian Golden Orb Weaver Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora spp) Hortophora sp Ordgarius Speckled Orbweaver (Araneus circulissparsus)

Acroaspis sp, a member of a genus of South Pacific Orb-weaver Spiders, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878.

Acroaspis species, Narara NSW © Michael Doe
Acroaspis sp, Narara NSW © Michael Doe

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Chelicerata
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Infraorder: Entelegynae
  • Superfamily: Araneoidea
  • Family: Araneidae
  • Genus: Acroaspis
  • Species:
    • Acroaspis decorosa
    • Acroaspis lancearia
    • Acroaspis mamillana
    • Acroaspis olorina
    • Acroaspis scutifer
    • Acroaspis tuberculifera

Footnote & References

  1. Photograph Acroaspis sp © Michael Doe
  2. Genus Acroaspis, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/375347-Acroaspis

Araneidae — Orb WeaversAcroaspis Orb Weavers Image Index Argiope protensa Australian Golden Orb Weaver Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora spp) Hortophora sp Ordgarius Speckled Orbweaver (Araneus circulissparsus)

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