Togacantha
Genus of spiders
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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]
| Togacantha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Togacantha Dahl, 1914[1] |
| Species: | T. nordviei |
| Binomial name | |
| Togacantha nordviei (Strand, 1913) | |
| Synonyms | |
Strand, 1913 | |
