Acusilas
| Acusilas | |
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| male Acusilas coccineus | |
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| A. malaccensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Acusilas Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. coccineus Simon, 1895
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| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Acusilas is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] Most species are found from India to Sulawesi, with A. africanus found in Africa.[1]
Life style
[edit]Acusilas build regular vertical orb-webs which incorporates a rolled leaf in the center.[3]
Description
[edit]These spiders are small to medium-sized, measuring between 2.50 and 14.00 mm, with males typically being much smaller than females.[3]
The carapace features a narrow cephalic region and displays a prominent groove between the thorax and cephalothorax regions in females, though this groove is absent in males. The abdomen is longer than it is wide and extends beyond the spinnerets. The abdominal folium contains four lobes at its anterior end.[3]
The anterior median eyes are positioned closer to the anterior lateral eyes than they are to each other.[3]
Species
[edit]As of September 2025[update], this genus includes ten species:[1]
- Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895 – Sierra Leone, Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon, Tanzania, South Africa
- Acusilas callidus Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895 – India, China, Indonesia (Moluccas) (type species)
- Acusilas dahoneus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Acusilas lepidus (Thorell, 1898) – Myanmar
- Acusilas malaccensis J. Murphy & F. Murphy, 1983 – China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo)
- Acusilas spiralis Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Acusilas tongi Mi & Li, 2021 – China
- Acusilas vei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Acusilas vilei Schmidt & Scharff, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Genus Acusilas". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ Simon, E. (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ a b c d Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N.; Webb, P. (2022). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 1 (A-C). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 7. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6326922.
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