Wendilgarda
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiosomatidae
Genus: Wendilgarda
Keyserling, 1886[1]
Type species
W. mexicana
Keyserling, 1886
Species

13, see text

Synonyms[1]

Wendilgarda is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.[3]

Species

As of February 2023 it contains fourteen species and one subspecies, found in Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, São Tomé and Príncipe, Brazil, and Mexico:[1]

  • Wendilgarda assamensis Fage, 1924 – India, China
  • Wendilgarda atricolor (Simon, 1907) – São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Wendilgarda clara Keyserling, 1886 – Caribbean, Guatemala to Brazil
  • Wendilgarda galapagensis Archer, 1953 – Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
  • Wendilgarda housaiyuae Lin & Li, 2022 – China
  • Wendilgarda liliwensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
  • Wendilgarda mexicana Keyserling, 1886 (type) – Mexico, Central America, Cuba
  • Wendilgarda muji Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
  • Wendilgarda mustelina Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent
    • Wendilgarda m. arnouxi Lopez & Emerit, 1986 – Guadeloupe
  • Wendilgarda nigra Keyserling, 1886 – Brazil
  • Wendilgarda nipponica Shinkai, 2009 – Japan
  • Wendilgarda panjanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
  • Wendilgarda ruficeps Suzuki, 2019 – Japan
  • Wendilgarda sinensis Zhu & Wang, 1992 – China

Formerly included:

  • W. bicolor Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Plato)
  • W. coddingtoni Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001 (Transferred to Karstia)
  • W. guacharo Brignoli, 1972 (Transferred to Plato)
  • W. miranda Brignoli, 1972 (Transferred to Plato)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 24.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
  2. 1 2 Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 422: 82.
  3. ↑ Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 2, . pp. 1–295. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.

Further reading

  • Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 422 (422): 1–96. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.422.
  • Archer, A. F. (1953). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 3". American Museum Novitates (1622): 1–27.
  • Song, D. X.; Zhu, M. S.; Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang. p. 640.
  • Lopez, A.; Emerit, M. (1986). "Wendilgarda mustelina arnouxi n. ssp et la glande labio-sternale des Theridiosomatidae (Araneae)". Mémoires de Biospéologie. 12: 67–76.


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