''Dubiepeira'' 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
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 ...
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 1991.
Species
it contains five species:
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Dubiepeira amablemaria''
Levi, 1991 – Peru
*''
Dubiepeira amacayacu''
Levi, 1991 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
*''
Dubiepeira dubitata''
(Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Venezuela to Brazil
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Dubiepeira lamolina''
Levi, 1991 – Ecuador, Peru
*''
Dubiepeira neptunina''
(Mello-Leitão, 1948) – Colombia, Peru, Guyana, French Guiana
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of South America
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