''Enacrosoma'' 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
orb-weaver spiders 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 1932.
Species
it contains six species found from
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
to
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
:
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Enacrosoma anomalum
''Enacrosoma'' is a genus of Araneidae, orb-weaver spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1932.
Species
it contains six species found from Mexico to Brazil:
*''Enacrosoma anomalum'' (Taczanowski, 1873) – Colombia, Per ...
''
(Taczanowski, 1873) – Colombia, Peru to Brazil, French Guiana
*''
Enacrosoma decemtuberculatum''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890) – Guatemala
*''
Enacrosoma frenca''
Levi, 1996 – Mexico to Panama
*''
Enacrosoma javium''
Levi, 1996 – Costa Rica, Panama
*''
Enacrosoma multilobatum''
(Simon, 1897) – Peru
*''
Enacrosoma quizarra''
Levi, 1996 – Costa Rica
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Central America
Spiders of Mexico
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
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