Poecilopachys Explained

Poecilopachys is a genus of Australasian orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.^[1]

Species

it contains five species:^[2]

• Poecilopachys australasia (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), Samoa
• Poecilopachys jenningsi (Rainbow, 1899) – Vanuatu
• Poecilopachys minutissima Chrysanthus, 1971 – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland)
• Poecilopachys speciosa (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland)
• Poecilopachys verrucosa (L. Koch, 1871) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), Samoa

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
2. Gen. Poecilopachys Simon, 1895. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.