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Testudinaria

Testudinaria is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Władysław Taczanowski in 1879.

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Testudinaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Testudinaria
Taczanowski, 18791
Type species
T. geometrica
Taczanowski, 1879
Species

9, see text

Synonyms1
  • Nanduti Mello-Leitão, 1945

Testudinaria is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Władysław Taczanowski in 1879.2

Species

As of April 2019 it contains nine species:1

  • Testudinaria bonaldoi Levi, 2005 – Brazil
  • Testudinaria debsmithae Levi, 2005 – Suriname to Peru, Bolivia
  • Testudinaria elegans Taczanowski, 1879 – Panama to Peru
  • Testudinaria geometrica Taczanowski, 1879 (type) – Panama to Peru, Brazil
  • Testudinaria gravatai Levi, 2005 – Brazil
  • Testudinaria lemniscata (Simon, 1893) – Brazil
  • Testudinaria quadripunctata Taczanowski, 1879 – Venezuela to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
  • Testudinaria rosea (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Argentina
  • Testudinaria unipunctata (Simon, 1893) – Brazil
References

References

  1. "Gen. Testudinaria Taczanowski, 1879". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. Taczanowski, L. (1879). "Les aranéides du Pérou central (suite)". Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae. 15: 102–136.