Neuquenia
| Neuquenia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Amaurobiidae |
| Genus: | Neuquenia Mello-Leitão, 1940[1] |
| Type species | |
| N. pallida Mello-Leitão, 1940
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| Species | |
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Neuquenia is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940.[2] As of April 2019[update] it contains only two species, both found in Argentina.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gen. Neuquenia Mello-Leitão, 1940". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1940). "Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires y de las gobernaciones de La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro y Chubut". Sección Zoología. Revista del Museo de La Plata. New Series. 2: 3–62.