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Rubrepeira

Rubrepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Rubrepeira rubronigra. It was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1992, found from Mexico to Brazil.

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Rubrepeira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Rubrepeira
Levi, 19921
Species:
R. rubronigra
Binomial name
Rubrepeira rubronigra

Rubrepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Rubrepeira rubronigra. It was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1992,2 found from Mexico to Brazil.1

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References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Rubrepeira Levi, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. Levi, H. W. (1992). "The American species of the orb-weaver genus Carepalxis and the new genus Rubrepeira (Araneae: Araneidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 98 (2–3): 251–264. doi:10.1155/1991/26493.