''Kapogea'' 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
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 1997.
Species
it contains four species in the Americas, from Mexico to Brazil:
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Kapogea cyrtophoroides
''Kapogea'' is a genus of 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, Har ...
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( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) – Mexico to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
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Kapogea isosceles
''Kapogea'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1997.
Species
it contains four species in the Americas, from Mexico to Brazil:
*''Kapogea cyrtophoroides'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) – Mexico to Pe ...
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( Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Greater Antilles, Panama to Argentina
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Kapogea sellata
''Kapogea'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1997.
Species
it contains four species in the Americas, from Mexico to Brazil:
*''Kapogea cyrtophoroides
''Kapogea'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders fi ...
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(Simon, 1895) – Greater Antilles, Costa Rica to Argentina
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Kapogea sexnotata''
(Simon, 1895) – Venezuela to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Central America
Spiders of Mexico
Spiders of South America
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