| Acacesia | |
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| A. cornigera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Acacesia Simon, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Epeira hamata (Hentz, 1847) |
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 6 species | |
Acacesia is a genus of orb weaver spiders with a mostly neotropical distribution. Only A. hamata can also be found in the USA.
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The back of spiders in this genus is marked with a dagger shape, outlined in black and surrounded by a triangular folium. On each side of the dagger there are parallel rows of orange-brown dots. Body length of females ranges from 4.3 to 8 mm, of males from 3.6 to 6.5 mm.[1]
As the other species are only known from museum specimens, only the natural history A. hamata is known in any detail[1].
Ocrepeira and Cyclosa are close relatives of this genus.[1]