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Thwaitesia Scintillans
''Thwaitesia'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881. ''T. affinis'' females are long, and males are long. ''T. bracteata'' are about the same size. They are similar in appearance to members of both ''Spintharus'' and ''Episinus''. Species it contains twenty-three species, found in the tropics worldwide: *''Thwaitesia affinis'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 – Panama to Paraguay *''Thwaitesia algerica'' Simon, 1895 – Algeria *''Thwaitesia argentata'' Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra) *''Thwaitesia argenteoguttata'' ( Tullgren, 1910) – Kenya, Tanzania *''Thwaitesia argenteosquamata'' (Lenz, 1891) – Madagascar *''Thwaitesia argentiopunctata'' (Rainbow, 1916) – Australia (Queensland) *''Thwaitesia aureosignata'' (Lenz, 1891) – Madagascar *''Thwaitesia bracteata'' (Exline, 1950) – Trinidad, Colombia to Paraguay *''Thwaitesia dangensis'' Patel & Patel, 1972 – India *''Thwaitesia glabicauda'' Zhu, 1998 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an England, English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset, the fifth son of Rev. George Pickard, rector and squire of Bloxworth: the family changed its name to Pickard-Cambridge in 1848 after receiving the property left behind by a relative, Charles Owen Cambridge, of Whitminster House in Gloucestershire. Octavius was tutored at home by the poet William Barnes, after failing to receive admission to Winchester College. He also learned to play the violin from Sidney Smith. He then studied law in London before theology at the Durham University, University of Durham. He was very active and made many friends in this period. He served as steward at steeplechases and presided over the college choral society. In 1857 he presented the Pickard-Camb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya
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