''Dubiaranea'' 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 dwarf spiders that was first described by

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 educ ...

in 1943.

Species

it contains one hundred species found throughout

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

, 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 *'' D. castanea'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. cekalovici'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. cerea'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. colombiana'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. concors'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. congruens'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. crebra'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru *'' D. decora'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. decurtata'' Millidge, 1991 – Bolivia *'' D. deelemanae'' Millidge, 1995 – Borneo *'' D. difficilis'' (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Argentina *'' D. discolor'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. distincta'' (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile *'' D. distracta'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. elegans'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. fagicola'' Millidge, 1991 – Chile *'' D. falcata'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. festiva'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. fruticola'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. fulgens'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. fulvolineata'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. furva'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. fusca'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. gilva'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. gloriosa'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. grandicula'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. gregalis'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. habilis'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. inquilina'' (Millidge, 1985) – Brazil *'' D. insignita'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru, Bolivia *'' D. insulana'' Millidge, 1991 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) *'' D. insulsa'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. lepida'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. levii'' Millidge, 1991 – Brazil *'' D. longa'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. longiscapa'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. luctuosa'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. lugubris'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. maculata'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. manufera'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. margaritata'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia, Venezuela *'' D. media'' Millidge, 1991 – Venezuela *'' D. mediocris'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. melanocephala'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. melica'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. mirabilis'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. modica'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. morata'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. nivea'' Millidge, 1991 – Bolivia *'' D. opaca'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. orba'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. ornata'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. penai'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. persimilis'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. procera'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. propinquua'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. propria'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. proxima'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. pulchra'' Millidge, 1991 – Venezuela *'' D. pullata'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. remota'' Millidge, 1991 – Argentina *'' D. rufula'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. saucia'' Millidge, 1991 – Brazil *'' D. setigera'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. signifera'' Millidge, 1991 – Bolivia *'' D. silvae'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. silvicola'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. similis'' Millidge, 1991 – Chile *'' D. solita'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. speciosa'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. stellata'' (Millidge, 1985) – Chile *'' D. subtilis'' ( Keyserling, 1886) – Peru *'' D. teres'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. tridentata'' Millidge, 1993 – Peru *'' D. tristis'' (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina *'' D. truncata'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. turbidula'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil, Peru *'' D. usitata'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. varia'' Millidge, 1991 – Peru *'' D. variegata'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia *'' D. versicolor'' Millidge, 1991 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru *'' D. veterana'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador *'' D. vetusta'' Millidge, 1991 – Ecuador

References

Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of Asia Spiders of South America Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

See also

References