Macrothrix spinosa King, 1853

Etilé, Raphaël N’doua, Bédia, Théophile Aké, Blahoua, Georges Kassi, Bi, Gouli Goore, Kouamelan, Paul Essetchi & N’Douba, Valentin, 2020, Stiatoandricus georgei Cuesta-Porta & Melika & Nicholls & Stone & Pujade-Villar 2022, Zoological Studies 59 (31), pp. 1-14 : 8

Macrothrix spinosa King, 1853

Distribution in Côte d’Ivoire: Buyo Lake ( Yté et al. 1996; Kouamé et al. 2018); low ground at Gagnoa ( Yté et al. 2009).

Synonyms: Macrothrix goeldi Richard 1897 ; Macrothrix squamosa Sars 1901 ; Macrothrix affinis Brady 1904 ; Macrothrix dentata Playfair 1915 ; Macrothrix murati Gauthier 1939 .

World distribution: M. spinosa is regarded as a circumtropical species ( Maiphae et al. 2008; Smirnov 1992 in Chatterjee et al. 2013); it is also believed to be widely distributed in Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Pacific Ocean islands, and Palaearctic regions, but not from the Antarctic region ( Kotov et al. 2013b).