Augusta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Gasteracanthinae
Tribus: Gasteracanthini
Genus: Augusta
Species: A. glyphica
Name

Augusta Szombathy, 1915
References

The World Spider Catalog, V7.0 [1]

Augusta glyphica is the only species in the monotypic spider genus Augusta, which is endemic to Madagascar.[1] The genus name is taken from the Latin word augusta, the feminine form of augustus, meaning "venerable".[2]
See also
List of spiders of Madagascar

References

"Gen. Augusta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-25
"Augustus–Dictionary definition of Augustus". A Dictionary of World History accessed through Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2010-04-27.