''Poecilopachys'' is a

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n orb-weaver spiders 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 1895.

Species

it contains five species: *''

Poecilopachys australasia ''Poecilopachys australasia'', commonly known as the two-spined spider, is an Australian orb-weaving spider which has also been recorded in New Zealand since the early 1970s. The spider is nocturnal, spinning a cart-wheel-shaped web at night whi ...

'' (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (

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) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), Samoa *'' Poecilopachys jenningsi'' (Rainbow, 1899) – Vanuatu *''

Poecilopachys minutissima ''Poecilopachys'' is a genus of Australasian Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Species it contains five species: *''Poecilopachys australasia'' (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (Type species, type) – Australia ...

'' Chrysanthus, 1971 – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland) *'' Poecilopachys speciosa'' (

L. Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...

, 1872) – Australia (Queensland) *'' Poecilopachys verrucosa'' (L. Koch, 1871) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), Samoa

References

Araneidae Spiders of Asia Spiders of Oceania Araneomorphae genera {{Araneidae-stub