Biology:Molinaranea

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Molinaranea
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Molinaranea
Mello-Leitão, 1940[1]
Type species
M. magellanica
(Walckenaer, 1847)
Species

7, see text

Molinaranea is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940.[2]

Molinaranea clymene (hembra). Individuo nº2 (15320577745).jpg

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains seven species:[1]

  • Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
  • Molinaranea fernandez Levi, 2001 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
  • Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) – Chile, Argentina, Juan Fernandez Is., Falkland Is.
  • Molinaranea mammifera (Tullgren, 1902) – Chile
  • Molinaranea phaethontis (Simon, 1896) – Chile, Argentina
  • Molinaranea surculorum (Simon, 1896) – Chile
  • Molinaranea vildav Levi, 2001 – Chile

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Molinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/360. Retrieved 2019-05-14. 
  2. Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1940). "Arañas de las islas Juan Fernandez, recogidas por el Señor R. Wagenknecht.". Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 44: 236–239. 

Wikidata ☰ Q947330 entry