''Azilia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by
Eugen von Keyserling Eugen von Keyserling (22 March 1833 in Pockroy, Lithuania – 4 April 1889 in Dzierżoniów, Silesia) was a Baltic-German arachnologist.
He studied in the University of Tartu.
He was the author of ''Die Spinnen Amerikas'', and completed ''Die Ara ...
in 1881.
It is a senior synonym of ''Cardimia''.
Species
it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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, and in the United States:
*''
Azilia affinis''
O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1893 – USA to Panama
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Azilia boudeti
''Azilia'' is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of ''Cardimia''.
Species
it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vinc ...
''
Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1895 –
Brazil
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*''
Azilia eximia''
( Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil
*''
Azilia formosa''
Keyserling, 1881 (
type) –
Peru
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*''
Azilia guatemalensis''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 – Central America to Peru, St. Vincent
*''
Azilia histrio
''Azilia'' is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of ''Cardimia''.
Species
it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vinc ...
''
Simon, 1895 – Brazil
*''
Azilia integrans
''Azilia'' is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of ''Cardimia''.
Species
it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vinc ...
''
(Mello-Leitão, 1935) — Brazil
*''
Azilia marmorata
''Azilia'' is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of ''Cardimia''.
Species
it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vinc ...
''
Mello-Leitão, 1948 –
Guyana
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Azilia montana
''Azilia'' is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of ''Cardimia''.
Species
it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vinc ...
''
Bryant, 1940 –
Cuba
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Azilia rojasi
''Azilia'' is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of ''Cardimia''.
Species
it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vinc ...
''
Simon, 1895 –
Venezuela
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Azilia vachoni
''Azilia'' is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of ''Cardimia''.
Species
it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vinc ...
''
( Caporiacco, 1954) –
French Guiana
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In synonymy:
*''A. mexicana''
Banks, 1898 = ''Azilia affinis''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
*''A. vagepicta''
Simon, 1895 = ''Azilia affinis''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
Formerly placed here
* ''Azilia leucostigma''
Mello-Leitão, 1941– now in ''
Galianoella
''Galianoella'' is a monotypic genus of South American araneomorph spiders in the family Gallieniellidae containing the single species, ''Galianoella leucostigma''. It was first described by Pablo A. Goloboff in 2000, breaking it off from '' Azi ...
''
See also
*
List of Tetragnathidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Tetragnathidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 989 species in 50 genera:
A ''Alcimosphenus''
''Alcimosphenus'' Simon, 1895
* '' Alcimosphenus licinus'' Simon, 1895 ( type ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling
Tetragnathidae
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