| Sedasta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Sedasta Simon, 1894 |
| Species: | S. ferox
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| Binomial name | |
| Sedasta ferox Simon, 1894
| |
Sedasta is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Sedasta ferox. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1894, and has only been found in West Africa. It was originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, and though was moved to the orb-weavers in 1985, it is still sometimes considered to be a theridiid or a long-jawed orb weaver.
References
- ^ a b c d "Gen. Sedasta Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ Simon, E (1892). "Sedasta". Histoire naturelle des araignées. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). p. 531. [Volume dated 1892, this part published 1894.]
- ^ Ledoux, J.-C. (1985). "La position systématique de Sedasta ferox Simon (Araneae, Argiopidae)". Revue Arachnologique. 6: 72.
- ^ Brignoli, P. M. (1986). "The rediscovery of Sedasta ferox Simon, 1984 [sic] (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Quaderno, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. 260: 133.
