Biology:Tatepeira

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Tatepeira
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Tatepeira
Levi, 1995[1]
Type species
T. tatarendensis
(Tullgren, 1905)
Species

4, see text

Tatepeira is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1995.[2]

Species

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

  • Tatepeira carrolli Levi, 1995 – Colombia
  • Tatepeira itu Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Tatepeira stadelmani Levi, 1995 – Honduras
  • Tatepeira tatarendensis (Tullgren, 1905) (type) – Colombia to Bolivia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Tatepeira Levi, 1995. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/410. Retrieved 2019-05-15. 
  2. Levi, H. W. (1995). "Orb-weaving spiders Actinosoma, Spilasma, Micrepeira, Pronous, and four new genera (Araneae: Araneidae).". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 154: 153–213. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3022057 entry