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Tupigea

Tupigea is a genus of Brazilian cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.

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Tupigea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Tupigea
Huber, 20001
Type species
T. lisei
Huber, 2000
Species

12, see text

Tupigea is a genus of Brazilian cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.2

Species

As of June 2019 it contains twelve species, found only in Brazil:1

  • Tupigea ale Huber, 2011 – Brazil
  • Tupigea altiventer (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
  • Tupigea angelim Huber, 2011 – Brazil
  • Tupigea cantareira Machado, Yamamoto, Brescovit & Huber, 2007 – Brazil
  • Tupigea guapia Huber, 2011 – Brazil
  • Tupigea lisei Huber, 2000 (type) – Brazil
  • Tupigea maza Huber, 2000 – Brazil
  • Tupigea nadleri Huber, 2000 – Brazil
  • Tupigea paula Huber, 2000 – Brazil
  • Tupigea penedo Huber, 2011 – Brazil
  • Tupigea sicki Huber, 2000 – Brazil
  • Tupigea teresopolis Huber, 2000 – Brazil
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Tupigea Huber, 2000". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 1–348. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1601.