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Ancylotrypa Pretoriae
''Ancylotrypa'' is a genus of African Cyrtaucheniidae, wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1953. Species it contains 43 species: *''Ancylotrypa angulata'' Carl Friedrich Roewer, Roewer, 1953 – Congo *''Ancylotrypa atra'' Embrik Strand, Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia, Kenya *''Ancylotrypa barbertoni'' (Hewitt, 1913) – South Africa *''Ancylotrypa bicornuta'' Strand, 1906 – South Africa *''Ancylotrypa brevicornis'' (Hewitt, 1919) – South Africa *''Ancylotrypa brevipalpis'' (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa *''Ancylotrypa brevipes'' (Ferdinand Karsch, Karsch, 1879) – West Africa *''Ancylotrypa breyeri'' (Hewitt, 1919) – South Africa *''Ancylotrypa bulcocki'' (Hewitt, 1916) – South Africa *''Ancylotrypa coloniae'' (Reginald Innes Pocock, Pocock, 1902) – South Africa *''Ancylotrypa cornuta'' William Frederick Purcell, Purcell, 1904 – South Africa *''Ancylotrypa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4,000 species. Work on spiders His most significant work was ''Histoire Naturelle des Araignées'' (1892–1903), an encyclopedic treatment of the spider genera of the world. It was published in two volumes of more than 1000 pages each, and the same number of drawings by Simon. Working at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, it took Simon 11 years to complete, while working at the same time on devising a taxonomic scheme that embraced the known taxa. Simon described a total of 4,650 species, and as of 2013 about 3,790 species are still considered valid. The International Society of Arachnology offers a Simon Award recognising lifetime achievement. The Eocene fossil spider species '' Cenotextricella simoni'' was named in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |