''Fageia'' 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
running crab 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 1929.
Species
it contains six species, found only in
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 ...
and Argentina:
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Fageia amabilis''
Mello-Leitão, 1929 (
type) – Brazil
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Fageia clara''
Mello-Leitão, 1937 – Brazil
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Fageia concolor''
Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
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Fageia meridionalis''
Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
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Fageia moschata''
Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
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Fageia rosea''
Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina
See also
*
List of Philodromidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Philodromidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Apollophanes''
''Apollophanes (spider), Apollophanes'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
* ''Apollophanes aztecanus, A. aztecanus'' Don ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Philodromidae
Spiders of Brazil
Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
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