Geraesta Explained

Geraesta is a genus of African crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.^[1]

Species

it contains six species, found in Africa:^[2]

• Geraesta ansieae Benjamin, 2015 – Rwanda
• Geraesta congoensis (Lessert, 1943) – Ivory Coast, Congo, Botswana, South Africa
• Geraesta hirta Simon, 1889 (type) – Comoros, Madagascar
• Geraesta lehtineni Benjamin, 2011 – Madagascar
• Geraesta mkwawa Benjamin, 2011 – Tanzania
• Geraesta octolobata (Simon, 1886) – Madagascar

In synonymy:

• G. bilobata Simon, 1897 = Geraesta hirta Simon, 1889

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

Further reading

• Benjamin. S. P.. 2015. On the African crab spider genus Geraesta Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Thomisidae). African Invertebrates. 309–318. 56. 2. 10.5733/afin.056.0205. 83363501. free.
• Benjamin. S. P.. 2011. Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae). Zootaxa. 1–108. 3080. 10.11646/zootaxa.3080.1.1.
• Book: Simon, E. 1897. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. fr. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
• Ramírez. M. J.. 2014. The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–374. 390. 10.1206/821.1. 11336/18066. 86146467. free.
• Lessert. R. de. 1943. Araignées du Congo Belg (III). Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 305–338. 50.

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1889. Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXI. Descriptions d'espèces et the genres nouveaux de Madagascar et de Mayotte. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 223–236. 8. 6. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Geraesta Simon, 1889. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-10-10. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.