Nicolepeira

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Nicolepeira
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Nicolepeira
Levi, 2001[1]
Type species

(Nicolet, 1849)
Species
  • (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
  • (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
  • (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile

Nicolepeira is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 2001.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species, all found in Chile.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Nicolepeira Levi, 2001". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Levi, H. W. (2001). "The orbweavers of the genera Molinaranea and Nicolepeira, a new species of Parawixia, and comments on orb weavers of temperate South America (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 155: 445–475.


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