Megaraneus

Megaraneus is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Megaraneus gabonensis. It was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968,[3] to contain the single species originally published under the name Epeira gabonensis.[4]

Megaraneus
M. gabonensis, dorsal view
M. gabonensis, ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Megaraneus
Lawrence, 1968[1]
Species:
M. gabonensis
Binomial name
Megaraneus gabonensis
(Lucas, 1858)
Synonyms[1]
  • Epeira gabonensis Lucas, 1858
  • Megaraneus basilissa (Thorell, 1899)[2]
  • Megaraneus campbelli Lawrence, 1968[2]

References
  1. "Gen. Megaraneus Lawrence, 1968". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. Grasshoff, M. (1984). "Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Caerostris (Arachnida: Araneae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 98: 725–765.
  3. Lawrence, R. F. (1968). "Four new spiders from southern Africa (Araneae)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 20: 109–121.
  4. Lucas, H. (1858), "Aptères", in Thomson, J. (ed.), Voyage au Gabon. Archives Entomologiques de M. J. Thomson (in French), 2, p. 420
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