Sedasta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Sedasta
Simon, 1894[1]
Species:
S. ferox
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,[1][2] and has only been found in West Africa.[1] It was originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, and though was moved to the orb-weavers in 1985,[3] it is still sometimes considered to be a theridiid[4] or a long-jawed orb weaver.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Sedasta Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. ↑ Simon, E (1892). "Sedasta". Histoire naturelle des araignées. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). p. 531. [Volume dated 1892, this part published 1894.]
  3. ↑ Ledoux, J.-C. (1985). "La position systématique de Sedasta ferox Simon (Araneae, Argiopidae)". Revue Arachnologique. 6: 72.
  4. ↑ Brignoli, P. M. (1986). "The rediscovery of Sedasta ferox Simon, 1984 [sic] (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Quaderno, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. 260: 133.


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