Togacantha Explained

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,^[1] and was later elevated to genus status.^[2] Only the female was known until a male was found and described in 1982.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Dahl. F.. 1914. Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung.. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 235–301. 7.
2. Emerit. M.. 1974. Arachnides araignées Araneidae Gasteracanthinae. Faune Madagascar. 38. 29.
3. 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.
4. Gen. Togacantha Dahl, 1914. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.