Kochiura

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Kochiura
Kochiura aulica male.jpg
Male Kochiura aulica
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Kochiura
Archer, 1950[1]
Type species
K. aulica
(C. L. Koch, 1838)
Species

8, see text

Kochiura is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950.[2]

Species[]

As of May 2020 it contains eight species, found in Europe, Africa, Brazil, Chile, and Iran:[1]

Formerly included:

  • K. episinoides (Levi, 1963) (Transferred to Chrosiothes)

In synonymy:

  • K. bucculenta (Nicolet, 1849) = Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849)
  • K. chiloensis = Kochiura ocellata (Nicolet, 1849)
  • K. foliacea = Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849)
  • K. gracilis (Keyserling, 1884) = Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849)
  • K. levipes = Kochiura attrita (Nicolet, 1849)
  • K. opima = Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849)
  • K. rubicunda = Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849)
  • K. virgulata = Kochiura ocellata (Nicolet, 1849)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Kochiura Archer, 1950". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  2. ^ Archer, A. F. (1950). "A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species". Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History. 30: 1–40.


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