Biology:Lewisepeira

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Lewisepeira
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Lewisepeira
Levi, 1993[1]
Type species
L. farri
(Archer, 1958)
Species

4, see text

Lewisepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1993.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains four species from the Americas and the Caribbean:[1]

  • Lewisepeira boquete Levi, 1993 – Panama
  • Lewisepeira chichinautzin Levi, 1993 – Mexico
  • Lewisepeira farri (Archer, 1958) – Jamaica
  • Lewisepeira maricao Levi, 1993 – Puerto Rico

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Lewisepeira Levi, 1993". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/343. Retrieved 2019-05-13. 
  2. Levi, H. W. (1993). "The new orb-weaver genus Lewisepeira (Araneae: Araneidae).". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 100 (3–4): 127–136. doi:10.1155/1993/97657. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2399599 entry