| Prasonica | |
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| Female P. seriata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Prasonica Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. albolimbata Simon, 1895
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| Species | |
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8, see text | |
Prasonica is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]
Species
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juvenile male P. albolimbata
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female P. nigrotaeniata
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female P. seriata
As of September 2025[update], this genus includes eight species:[1]
- Prasonica albolimbata Simon, 1895 – DR Congo, South Africa, Madagascar, Yemen (type species)
- Prasonica anarillea Roberts, 1983 – Seychelles (Aldabra)
- Prasonica hamata Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
- Prasonica insolens (Simon, 1909) – India, Vietnam, Java
- Prasonica nigrotaeniata (Simon, 1909) – West, Central, East Africa, South Africa
- Prasonica opaciceps (Simon, 1897) – New Guinea
- Prasonica plagiata (Dalmas, 1917) – New Zealand
- Prasonica seriata Simon, 1895 – Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles
References
- ^ a b c "Genus Prasonica". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
