Wixia
Appearance
Wixia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Wixia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882[1] |
Species: | W. abdominalis
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Binomial name | |
Wixia abdominalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882
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Wixia is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882,[2] containing the single species, Wixia abdominalis. There used to be many more, but they have all been moved, dispersed between Ocrepeira, Alpaida, and several other genera.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Wixia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1882). "On new genera and species of Araneidea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 50 (3): 423–442. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02749.x. hdl:2027/coo.31924018443543.