Biology:Aucana

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Aucana
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Aucana
Huber, 2000[1]
Type species
A. platnicki
Huber, 2000
Species

5, see text

Aucana is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.[2]

Species

(As of June 2019) it contains five species, found only in Chile and on New Caledonia:[1]

  • Aucana kaala Huber, 2000 – New Caledonia
  • Aucana paposo Huber, 2000 – Chile
  • Aucana petorca Huber, 2000 – Chile
  • Aucana platnicki Huber, 2000 (type) – Chile
  • Aucana ramirezi Huber, 2000 – Chile

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Aucana Huber, 2000. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2284. Retrieved 2019-07-04. 
  2. Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1–348. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2. 

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