''Pasilobus bufoninus'' is a
species of
spider in the
orb-weaver spider family Araneidae, found in Taiwan and Indonesia (
Java and the
Moluccas).
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Taxonomy
''Pasilobus bufoninus'' was first described by 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, ...
in 1867, as ''Micrathena bufonina''. In 1895, he transferred it to his new genus ''Pasilobus
''Pasilobus'' is a genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and bel ...
'', of which it is the type species.[ Spiders from Japan that had been identified as ''Pasilobus bufoninus'' were shown in 2006 to be '' P. hupingensis'', removing Japan from the distribution of ''P. bufoninus''.][
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References
Araneidae
Spiders of Asia
Spiders described in 1867
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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