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Dubiaranea Deelemanae
''Dubiaranea'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1943. Species it contains one hundred species found throughout South America, except one found on Borneo: *'' D. abjecta'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador, Peru *'' D. abundans'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. affinis'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. albodorsata'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. albolineata'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. amoena'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. argentata'' Millidge, 1991 – Bolivia *'' D. argenteovittata'' Mello-Leitão, 1943 ( type) – Brazil *'' D. atra'' Millidge, 1991 – Bolivia *'' D. atriceps'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. atripalpis'' Millidge, 1991 – Venezuela *'' D. atrolineata'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. aureola'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. bacata'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. brevis'' Millidge, 1991 – Bolivia *'' D. caeca'' Millidge, 1991 – Venezuela *'' D. caledonica'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cândido Firmino De Mello-Leitão
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (July 17, 1886 – December 14, 1948) was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the taxonomy of Arachnida. He was also involved with education, writing high-school textbooks, and contributed to biogeography, with essays on the distribution of Arachnida in the South American continent. Biography Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão was born on the Cajazeiras Farm, Campina Grande, Paraíba state, Brazil, to Colonel Cândido Firmino and Jacunda de Mello-Leitão. He died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His parents were subsistence farmers, and he had 15 brothers and sisters. He lived most of his childhood at the state of Pernambuco. His first job as a zoologist (1913) was at the Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinária in Piraí, RJ, as a teacher of general Zoology and Systematics. In 1915, he published his first taxonomical paper, with descriptions of some genera and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
