Pachygnatha
Encyclopedia
Pachygnatha is a spider
genus
in the family Tetragnathidae.
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the family Tetragnathidae.
Species
- Pachygnatha africana Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
- Pachygnatha amurensis Strand, 1907 — Russia
- Pachygnatha atromarginata Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 — Cameroon
- Pachygnatha autumnalis Marx, 1884 — USA, Canada, Cuba
- Pachygnatha bonneti Senglet, 1973 — Spain
- Pachygnatha brevis Keyserling, 1884 — USA, Canada
- Pachygnatha calusa Levi, 1980 — USA
- Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823 — Holarctic
- Pachygnatha clerckoides Wunderlich, 1985 — Bulgaria, Macedonia
- Pachygnatha degeeriPachygnatha degeeriPachygnatha degeeri is a spider in the genus of long-jawed orb weavers .- Appearance :Pachygnatha has a dark body, without a dark middle band. The legs are light, yellow-orange. The back can vary in colour and pattern. The back is split in two into an abdomen and a front body . In front of the...
Sundevall, 1830 — Palearctic- Pachygnatha degeeri dysdericolor Jocqué, 1977 — Morocco
- Pachygnatha dorothea McCook, 1894 — USA, Canada
- Pachygnatha fengzhen Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 — China
- Pachygnatha furcillata Keyserling, 1884 — USA
- Pachygnatha gaoi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 — Russia, China
- Pachygnatha goedeli Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 — Cameroon
- Pachygnatha hexatracheata Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 — Cameroon
- Pachygnatha jansseni Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 — Cameroon
- Pachygnatha kiwuana Strand, 1913 — Congo
- Pachygnatha leleupi Lawrence, 1952 — Cameroon, Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe
- Pachygnatha listeri Sundevall, 1830 — Palearctic
- Pachygnatha longipes Simon, 1894 — Madagascar
- Pachygnatha mucronata Tullgren, 1910 — East Africa
- Pachygnatha mucronata comorana Schmidt & Krause, 1993 — Comoro Islands
- Pachygnatha ochongipina Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Pachygnatha okuensis Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 — Cameroon
- Pachygnatha opdeweerdtae Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 — Cameroon
- Pachygnatha palmquisti Tullgren, 1910 — Kenya, Tanzania
- Pachygnatha procincta Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 — Cameroon, Kenya
- Pachygnatha quadrimaculata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
- Pachygnatha rotunda Saito, 1939 — Japan
- Pachygnatha ruanda Strand, 1913 — Rwanda
- Pachygnatha silentvalliensis Biswas & Roy, 2004 — India
- Pachygnatha simoni Senglet, 1973 — Spain
- Pachygnatha sundevalli Senglet, 1973 — Portugal, Spain
- Pachygnatha tenera Karsch, 1879 — China, Korea, Japan
- Pachygnatha terilis Thaler, 1991 — Switzerland, Austria, Italy
- Pachygnatha tristriata C. L. Koch, 1845 — USA, Canada
- Pachygnatha tullgreni Senglet, 1973 — Portugal
- Pachygnatha vorax Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar
- Pachygnatha xanthostoma C. L. Koch, 1845 — USA, Canada
- Pachygnatha zappaPachygnatha zappaPachygnatha zappa is a spider named after musician Frank Zappa because of its unique markings which resemble his famous moustache.Belgian biologists Robert Bosmans and Jan Bosselaers, from the Rijksuniversiteit Gent organized two expeditions to Mount Cameroon and neighbouring ranges. In 1994...
Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 — Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa - Pachygnatha zhui Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 — China