Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0102] Detail
In synonymy:
Lobetina Simon, 1895 = Prasonica Simon, 1895 (Grasshoff, 1971b: 295)
Gen. Prasonica Simon, 1895 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01548] Detail
type Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895; gender feminine
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Lobetina Simon, 1897b: 477 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04958] (type L. opaciceps Simon, 1897) by Grasshoff, 1971b: 295; considered a probable junior synonym of Mangora O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 by Levi, 1975b: 116.
In synonymy:
Prasonica africana (Simon, 1903, T from Spilasma) = Prasonica seriata Simon, 1895 (Grasshoff, 1970b: 214).
Prasonica spillmanni (Lessert, 1933, T from Zilla) = Prasonica nigrotaeniata (Simon, 1909) (Grasshoff, 1971b: 305).
Nomina dubia:
Prasonica affinis Strand, 1906b: 619 (j, Algeria) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 23.
Prasonica olivacea Strand, 1906b: 619 (j, Ethiopia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 23.
Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895 * | m f | DR Congo,South Africa, Madagascar, Yemen     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016988]
Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895a: 794 (Df).
Prasonica albolimbata Grasshoff, 1971b: 299, f. 52c, 53a-f (Simon's f is juvenile, Dmf).
Prasonica albolimbata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 41, 5 f. (f).
Prasonica anarillea Roberts, 1983 | m f | Seychelles (Aldabra)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016989]
Prasonica anarillea Roberts, 1983: 263, f. 162-176 (Dmf).
Prasonica anarillea Saaristo, 2010: 47, f. 4.61-61 (mf).
Prasonica hamata Thorell, 1899 | f | Cameroon     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016990]
Prasonica hamata Thorell, 1899: 41 (Df).
Prasonica insolens (Simon, 1909) | f | India, Vietnam, Java     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016991]
Mangora insolens Simon, 1909e: 104 (Df).
Prasonica insolens Grasshoff, 1971b: 304, f. 50b-c, 52a, 59a-e (f, T from Mangora).
Prasonica nigrotaeniata (Simon, 1909) | m f | West, Central, East Africa, South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016992]
Mangora nigrotaeniata Simon, 1909c: 40 (Df).
Mangora spillmanni Lessert, 1933: 111, f. 25-27 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063032].
Zilla spillmanni Caporiacco, 1947c: 159 (T from Mangora).
Prasonica nigrotaeniata Grasshoff, 1971b: 305, f. 50a, 51a, 52e-f, 60a-e (mf, T from Mangora, S of Zilla spillmanni).
Prasonica nigrotaeniata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 42, 5 f. (f).
Prasonica opaciceps (Simon, 1897) | f | New Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016994]
Lobetina opaciceps Simon, 1895a: 795 (nomen nudum).
Lobetina opaciceps Simon, 1897b: 477 (Df).
Prasonica opaciceps Grasshoff, 1971b: 300, f. 52b, 55a-b (f, T from Lobetina).
Prasonica plagiata (Dalmas, 1917) | f | New Zealand     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016995]
Lobetina plagiata Dalmas, 1917a: 378 (Df).
Prasonica seriata Simon, 1895 | m f | Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016996]
Prasonica seriata Simon, 1895a: 794 (Df).
Spilasma africana Simon, 1903e: 87 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063031].
Prasonica seriata Grasshoff, 1970b: 214, f. 1e (S of Spilasma africana).
Prasonica seriata Grasshoff, 1971b: 301, f. 49a-b, 50d-f, 51b-c, 52d, 56a-b, 57a-f (Dm, f, S of Spilasma africana confirmed).
Prasonica seriata Saaristo, 2010: 47, f. 4.63a-d (mf).
Prasonica seriata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 43, p. 40: 2 f., p. 43: 6 f. (f).
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