''Gastroxya'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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orb-weaver spiders first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1962.
Species
it contains four species:
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Gastroxya benoiti
''Gastroxya'' is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1962.
Species
it contains four species:
*'' Gastroxya benoiti'' Emerit, 1973 – South Africa
*'' Gastroxya krausi'' Benoit, 1962 – Liberia, Cong ...
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Emerit, 1973 – South Africa
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Gastroxya krausi
''Gastroxya'' is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1962.
Species
it contains four species:
*''Gastroxya benoiti'' Emerit, 1973 – South Africa
*'' Gastroxya krausi'' Benoit, 1962 – Liberia, Congo ...
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Benoit, 1962 – Liberia, Congo
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Gastroxya leleupi''
Benoit, 1962 – Congo
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Gastroxya schoutedeni
''Gastroxya'' is a genus of Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it co ...
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Benoit, 1962 – Congo, Rwanda, Burundi
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
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