Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Caerostris

Caerostris hirsuta (Simon, 1895)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2025-04-25
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015478]
  • Distribution: Madagascar
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Type deposit provide information
  • Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 6f (10240) (Grasshoff, 1984)
Taxonomic references
Trichocharis hirsuta Simon, 1895a: 835 (Df).
Caerostris hirsuta Grasshoff, 1984: 756, f. 4, 39 (f, T from Trichocharis).
Caerostris hirsuta Gregorič et al., 2025a: 11, f. 1E, 5A-E, 6D-F (f).
References

Grasshoff, M. (1984). Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Caerostris (Arachnida: Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 98(4): 725-765. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gregorič, M., Yu, K. P., Rojas Velez, W. & Garb, J. E. (2025a). Caerostris (Araneidae: Araneae) cryptic diversity highlights the need for taxonomic expertise in the genomic era. European Journal of Taxonomy 989: 1-23. doi:10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2877 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

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2025-04-25 New taxonomic reference entry Gregorič et al., 2025a n/a