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Thaida

Thaida is a genus of South American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Austrochilidae, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880. Its two described species are found in Chile and Argentina.

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Thaida
T. peculiaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Austrochilidae
Genus: Thaida
Karsch, 18801
Type species
T. peculiaris
Karsch, 1880
Species
  • T. chepu Platnick, 1987
  • T. peculiaris Karsch, 1880
Thaida chepu: 1 – habitat; 2 – web; 3 – frontal view of cephalothorax, showing eyes; 4 – dorsal view of cephalothorax source ↗

Thaida is a genus of South American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Austrochilidae, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880.2 Its two described species are found in Chile and Argentina.1

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes two species:1

References

References

  1. "Gen. Thaida Karsch, 1880". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
  2. Karsch, F. (1880). "Arachnologische Blätter (Decas I)". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. Dritte Folge. 5: 373–409.
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