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Crown Pisaurids
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Crown Pisaurids

Rothus

Rothus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. Its three species are found in Africa, with R. aethiopicus reaching into Israel.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

African Crown Pisaurid

speciesRothus aethiopicus

Rothus vittatus

speciesRothus vittatus

Rothus auratus

speciesRothus auratus

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