Prasonica

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: Araneinae
Tribus: Mangorini
Genus: Prasonica
Species: P. affinis – P. albolimbata – P. anarillea – P. hamata – P. insolens – P. nigrotaeniata – P. olivacea – P. opaciceps – P. plagiata – P. seriata
Name

Prasonica Simon, 1895

Type species: Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895
Synonyms

Lobetina Simon, 1895, type L. opaciceps
Simon, 1895, by monotypy

References

Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 761-1084. [794]
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Prasonica is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[3]
Species

As of April 2019 it contains ten species:[1]

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

References

"Gen. Prasonica Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
Grasshoff, M. (1971). "Die Tribus Mangorini, IV. Die Mangora-Gruppe (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae-Araneinae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 52: 295.
Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.