Quemedice

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quemedice
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Quemedice
Mello-Leitão, 1942[1]
Type species

Mello-Leitão, 1942
Species

Quemedice is a genus of South American huntsman spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1942.[2] As of September 2019 it contains two species, found in Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil: and .[1] Originally placed with the Philodromidae,[2] it was moved to the Sparassidae in 2008.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Quemedice Mello-Leitão, 1942". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1942). "Arañas del Chaco y Santiago del Estero". Revista del Museo de la Plata. 2: 381–426.
  3. ^ Rheims, C. A.; Labarque, F. M.; Ramírez, M. J. (2008). "The South American genus Quemedice Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Sparassidae): familial placement and taxonomic revision". Zootaxa. 1813: 61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1809.1.4.


Retrieved from ""