Azilia (spider)
Azilia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Tetragnathidae |
Genus: | Azilia Keyserling, 1881[1] |
Type species | |
Keyserling, 1881
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Species | |
11, see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Azilia is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.[3] It is a senior synonym of Cardimia.[2]
Species[]
As of March 2021 it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in the United States:[1]
- Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 – USA to Panama
- Simon, 1895 – Brazil
- (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil
- Keyserling, 1881 (type) – Peru
- O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 – Central America to Peru, St. Vincent
- Simon, 1895 – Brazil
- (Mello-Leitão, 1935) — Brazil
- Mello-Leitão, 1948 – Guyana
- Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
- Simon, 1895 – Venezuela
- (Caporiacco, 1954) – French Guiana
In synonymy:
- A. mexicana Banks, 1898 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
- A. vagepicta Simon, 1895 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
Formerly placed here
- Azilia leucostigma Mello-Leitão, 1941– now in Galianoella
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gen. Azilia Keyserling, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Levi, H. W. (2002). "Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas". Journal of Arachnology. 30: 562.
- ^ Keyserling, E. (1881). "Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 31: 269–314.
Categories:
- Araneomorphae genera
- Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling
- Tetragnathidae
- Tetragnathidae stubs