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Neoporteria (spider)

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Neoporteria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Amaurobiidae
Genus: Neoporteria
Mello-Leitão, 1943[1]
Type species
N. pracellans Mello-Leitão, 1943
Species

Neoporteria is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1943.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Chile.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Neoporteria Mello-Leitão, 1943". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  2. ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1943). "Aracnidos de Maullin". Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 45: 136–143.