Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Caerostris

Caerostris extrusa Butler, 1882

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-04-25
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015477]
  • Distribution: Madagascar
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; f (1882.26) (Gregorič et al., 2025a)
Taxonomic references
Caerostris extrusa Butler, 1882: 100, pl. 6, f. 3 (Df).
Caerostris extrusa Grasshoff, 1984: 752, f. 28-30 (f, S of Caerostris bankana, revalidated by Gregorič et al., 2025a: 6).
Caerostris extrusa Gregorič et al., 2025a: 8, f. 1D, 4A-M, 6A-C (Dm, f).
References

Butler, A. G. (1882). On some new species of the genus Caerostris from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 10(56): 100-106, pl. 6. doi:10.1080/00222938209459680 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Grasshoff, M. (1984). Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Caerostris (Arachnida: Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 98(4): 725-765. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gregorič, M., Yu, K. P., Rojas Velez, W. & Garb, J. E. (2025a). Caerostris (Araneidae: Araneae) cryptic diversity highlights the need for taxonomic expertise in the genomic era. European Journal of Taxonomy 989: 1-23. doi:10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2877 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-04-25 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Caerostris bankana Strand, 1915
2025-04-25 New taxonomic reference entry Gregorič et al., 2025a n/a
2025-04-25 First description of male Gregorič et al., 2025a n/a (Old value)