Paccius Explained

Paccius is a genus of African araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1898 as a member of Corinnidae,^[1] and moved to Trachelidae in 2014.^[2]

Species

it contains eight species from Madagascar and Seychelles:^[3]

• Paccius angulatus Platnick, 2000 — Madagascar
• Paccius elevatus Platnick, 2000 — Madagascar
• Paccius griswoldi Platnick, 2000 — Madagascar
• Paccius madagascariensis (Simon, 1889) — Madagascar
• Paccius mucronatus Simon, 1898 — Madagascar
• Paccius quadridentatus Simon, 1898 — Seychelles
• Paccius quinteri Platnick, 2000 — Madagascar
• Paccius scharffi Platnick, 2000 — Madagascar

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1898. Histoire naturelle des araignées. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
2. Ramírez. M. J.. 2014. The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390. 342. 10.1206/821.1. 11336/18066. 86146467. free.
3. Web site: Gen. Paccius Simon, 1898. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-02. Natural History Museum Bern.