Gastroxya is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1962.[2]
| Gastroxya | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Gastroxya Benoit, 1962[1] |
| Type species | |
| G. schoutedeni Benoit, 1962
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Species
editAs of April 2019[update] it contains four species:[1]
- Gastroxya benoiti Emerit, 1973 – South Africa
- Gastroxya krausi Benoit, 1962 – Liberia, Congo
- Gastroxya leleupi Benoit, 1962 – Congo
- Gastroxya schoutedeni Benoit, 1962 – Congo, Rwanda, Burundi
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Gastroxya Benoit, 1962". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Benoit, P. L. G. (1962). "Monographie des Araneidae-Gasteracanthinae africains (Araneae)". Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques. 112 (Sc. Zool): 1–70.
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