Acacesia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] It contains six species with a mostly neotropical distribution, ranging from South America to Mexico. One species, A. hamata, is found in the US as well.
The backs of spiders in this genus are 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 millimetres (0.17 to 0.31 in), of males from 3.6 to 6.5 millimetres (0.14 to 0.26 in)[3]
As the other species are only known from museum specimens, only the natural history A. hamata is known in any detail.[3][4]
Ocrepeira and Cyclosa are close relatives of this genus.[3]
As of April 2019 it contains six species:[1]
Acacesia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. It contains six species with a mostly neotropical distribution, ranging from South America to Mexico. One species, A. hamata, is found in the US as well.
