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Katissa

Katissa is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Antônio Brescovit in 1997.

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Katissa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Katissa
Brescovit, 19971
Type species
K. simplicipalpis
(Simon, 1898)
Species

10, see text

Katissa is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Antônio Brescovit in 1997.2

Species

As of April 2019 it contains ten species:1

  • Katissa delicatula (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
  • Katissa elegans (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
  • Katissa guyasamini Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 – Ecuador
  • Katissa kurusiki Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 – Ecuador
  • Katissa lycosoides (Chickering, 1937) – Panama
  • Katissa puyu Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 – Ecuador
  • Katissa simplicipalpis (Simon, 1898) – Lesser Antilles, Panama, Peru
  • Katissa tamya Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 – Ecuador
  • Katissa yaya Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 – Ecuador
  • Katissa zimarae (Reimoser, 1939) – Costa Rica
References

References

  1. "Gen. Katissa Brescovit, 1997". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  2. Brescovit, A. D. (1997). "Revisão de Anyphaeninae Bertkau a nivel de gêneros na região Neotropical (Araneae, Anyphaenidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 13 (Suppl.1): 1–187. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000500001.