Biology:Wirada

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Wirada
Wirada.punctata.female.svg
female W. punctata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Wirada
Keyserling, 1886[1]
Type species
W. punctata
Keyserling, 1886
Species

6, see text

Wirada is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.[2]

W. tovarensis is 1 millimetre (0.039 in) long. W. punctata males have a body length of 1.4 millimetres (0.055 in), while females have a body length of 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in).[3]

Species

(As of June 2020) it contains six species, found in South America and Mexico:[1]

In synonymy:

  • W. rugithorax Simon, 1895 = Wirada punctata Keyserling, 1886

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). Gen. Wirada Keyserling, 1886. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3557. Retrieved 2020-07-16. 
  2. Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. pp. 1–295. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131271. 
  3. Levi, H. W. (1963). "The spider genera Cerocida, Hetschkia, Wirada and Craspedisia (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 70 (3): 170–179. doi:10.1155/1963/85397. http://psyche.entclub.org/pdf/70/70-170.pdf. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q3569427 entry