Pasilobus bufoninus is a species of spider in the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae, found in Taiwan and Indonesia (Java and the Moluccas).[1]

Pasilobus bufoninus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Pasilobus
Species:
P. bufoninus
Binomial name
Pasilobus bufoninus
(Simon, 1867)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Micrathena bufonina Simon, 1867

Taxonomy

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Pasilobus bufoninus was first described by Eugène Simon in 1867, as Micrathena bufonina. In 1895, he transferred it to his new genus Pasilobus, of which it is the type species.[1][2] Spiders from Japan that had been identified as Pasilobus bufoninus were shown in 2006 to be P. hupingensis, removing Japan from the distribution of P. bufoninus.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Taxon details Pasilobus bufoninus (Simon, 1867)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-01-22
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1892), Histoire naturelle des araignées, vol. 1 (2nd ed.), Paris: Roret, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973, p. 881
  3. ^ Tanikawa, A.; Chang, Y.H. & Tso, I.M. (2006), "Identity of a Japanese spider species recorded as "Pasilobus bufoninus" (Araneae: Araneidae), with a description of the male considering the sequence of mtDNA", Acta Arachnologica, 55 (1): 45–49, doi:10.2476/asjaa.55.45