Biology:Witica (spider)

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of spiders

Witica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Witica
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895[1]
Type species
W. crassicauda (Keyserling, 1865)
Species
  • (Keyserling, 1865) — Mexico to Peru (Franganillo, 1931) — Cuba
  • W. cayanus W. alobatus
  • (Taczanowski, 1873) — Northern South America W. crassicauda
Synonyms[1]
  • Salassina

Witica is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1895.[2] (As of April 2019) it contains only three species.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Witica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/420. Retrieved 2019-04-05. 
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1895). Arachnida. Araneida. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3061509 entry