Augusta glyphica

Augusta glyphica is the only species in the monotypic spider genus Augusta, which is endemic to Madagascar.^[1] The genus name is taken from the Latin word augusta, the feminine form of augustus, meaning "venerable".^[2]

Augusta glyphica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Augusta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877[1]
Species:	A. glyphica
Binomial name
Augusta glyphica (Guérin, 1839)[1]

See also

• List of spiders of Madagascar