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Johann Kaspar Füssli

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Johann Kaspar Füssli was a Swiss painter, Entomologist and Publisher.

Johann Kaspar Füssli
Born9 March 1743
Died4 May 1786

The only spider species he described (as Fuesslin, 1775) is the Daddy long-legs spider (Pholcus phalangioides) which he called Aranea phalangioides.[1]

References

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  1. ""Taxon details Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)"". World Spider Catalog.