''Amazonepeira'' is a

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n orb-weaver spiders first described by

Herbert Walter Levi Herbert Walter Levi (January 3, 1921 – November 3, 2014) was professor emeritus of zoology and curator of arachnology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. He was born in Germany, educated there and at Leighton Park School, Rea ...

in 1989.

Species

it contains five species: *''

Amazonepeira beno ''Amazonepeira'' is a genus of South American Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1989. Species it contains five species: *''Amazonepeira beno'' Levi, 1994 – Ecuador, Brazil, Suriname *''Amazonepeira callar ...

'' Levi, 1994 –

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*'' Amazonepeira callaria'' (Levi, 1991) –

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, Brazil *''

Amazonepeira herrera ''Amazonepeira'' is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1989. Species it contains five species: *''Amazonepeira beno'' Levi, 1994 – Ecuador, Brazil, Suriname *'' Amazonepeira callaria'' (Lev ...

'' Levi, 1989 – Peru, Brazil *'' Amazonepeira manaus'' Levi, 1994 – Brazil *'' Amazonepeira masaka'' Levi, 1994 – Ecuador, Brazil.

References

Araneidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of South America {{Araneidae-stub