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Prasonica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Prasonica
Simon, 1895
Type species
P. albolimbata
Simon, 1895
Species

10, see text

Synonyms
  • Lobetina Simon, 1895

Prasonica is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.

Species

As of April 2019 it contains ten species:

  • Prasonica affinis Strand, 1906 – Algeria
  • Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895 (type) – Congo, Madagascar, Yemen
  • Prasonica anarillea Roberts, 1983 – Seychelles (Aldabra)
  • Prasonica hamata Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
  • Prasonica insolens (Simon, 1909) – India, Vietnam, Java
  • Prasonica nigrotaeniata (Simon, 1909) – West, Central, East Africa
  • Prasonica olivacea Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
  • Prasonica opaciceps (Simon, 1895) – New Guinea
  • Prasonica plagiata (Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand
  • Prasonica seriata Simon, 1895 – Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles

See also

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