Biology:Ilocomba

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Ilocomba is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders tht are native to Colombia. It is one of the least known genera of the Colombian members of this family.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Antônio Brescovit, a Brazilian arachnologist, in 1997. He described two species: Ilocomba marta (type species) and Ilocomba perija. In 2026, morphological and molecular evidence supported the existence of a third species, Ilocomba yotoco.[1][2]

Species

As of April 2026 this genus contains three described species. They are listed below:[3]

  1. Ilocomba marta Brescovit, 1997 (type species)
  2. Ilocomba perija Brescovit, 1997
  3. Ilocomba yotoco Leonel Martínez, Melisa Eyes-Escalante, Jimmy Cabra-García, 2026

Distribution

All members of this genus are native only to South America, specifically the Andean region of Colombia.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brescovit, A. D. (1997). "Revisão de Anyphaeninae Bertkau a nivel de gêneros na região Neotropical (Araneae, Anyphaenidae).". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 13 (Suppl.1): 1–187. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000500001. 
  2. ↑ Martínez, Leonel; Eyes-Escalante, Melisa; Cabra-García, Jimmy (2026-04-22). "Morphological and molecular evidence support a new species of the genus Ilocomba Brescovit, 1997 (Araneae, Anyphaenidae, Anyphaeninae) from the Andes of Colombia" (in en). ZooKeys (1278): 19–51. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1278.162601. ISSN 1313-2970. 
  3. ↑ "Gen. Ilocomba Brescovit, 1997". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/224. Retrieved 2019-05-10. 

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