Togacantha is a genus of orb-weaver spiders found in Africa. It is monotypic and contains the single species Togacantha nordviei. It was first described as a subgenus of Gasteracantha by Friedrich Dahl in 1914,[2] and was later elevated to genus status.[3] Only the female was known until a male was found and described in 1982.[4][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Togacantha Dahl, 1914[1] |
| Species: | T. nordviei
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| Binomial name | |
| Togacantha nordviei (Strand, 1913)
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| Synonyms | |
Strand, 1913 | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Togacantha Dahl, 1914". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ Dahl, F. (1914). "Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 7: 235–301.
- ^ Emerit, M. (1974). "Arachnides araignées Araneidae Gasteracanthinae". Faune Madagascar. 38: 29.
- ^ Emerit, M. (1982). "Mise à jour de nos connaissances sur la systématique des Araneidae d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Nouveaux mâles de Gasteracanthinae et de Cyrtarachninae". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 4: 461.
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