''Ocrepeira'' 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
George Marx
George Marx (June 22, 1838 – January 3, 1895) was a German-born American arachnologist, scientific illustrator and physician. He was regarded as one of the foremost authorities on spiders and highly regarded for his superb scientific illustrati ...
in 1883.
Species
it contains sixty-seven species:
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O. abiseo''
Levi
Levi (; ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and M ...
, 1993 – Peru
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O. albopunctata''
(Taczanowski
Taczanowski (Polish feminine: Taczanowska; plural: Taczanowscy) is the surname of a Polish szlachta (nobility) family from Poznań bearing the Jastrzębiec coat of arms and the motto: ''Plus penser que dire''. They took their name from th ...
, 1879) – Peru, Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana
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O. anta''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia
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O. aragua''
Levi, 1993 – Venezuela
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O. arturi''
Levi, 1993 – Panama
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O. atuncela''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia
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O. barbara''
Levi, 1993 – Peru
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O. bispinosa''
( Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Brazil
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O. branta''
Levi, 1993 – Jamaica
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O. camaca''
Levi, 1993 – Brazil
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O. comaina''
Levi, 1993 – Peru
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O. covillei''
Levi, 1993 – Costa Rica, Trinidad to Bolivia
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O. cuy''
Levi, 1993 – Peru
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O. darlingtoni''
(Bryant, 1945) – Hispaniola
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O. duocypha''
(Chamberlin
The Chamberlin is an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument that was a precursor to the Mellotron. It was developed and patented by the American inventor Harry Chamberlin from 1949 to 1956, when the first model was introduced. There are severa ...
, 1916) – Peru
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O. ectypa''
(Walckenaer, 1841) – USA
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O. fiebrigi''
( Dahl, 1906) – Brazil, Paraguay
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O. galianoae''
Levi, 1993 – Brazil, Argentina
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O. georgia''
(Levi, 1976) – USA
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O. gima''
Levi, 1993 – Brazil
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O. globosa''
( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) – USA, Mexico
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O. gnomo''
(Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
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O. gulielmi''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia, Ecuador
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O. heredia''
Levi, 1993 – Costa Rica
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O. herrera''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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O. hirsuta''
(Mello-Leitão, 1942) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
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O. hondura''
Levi, 1993 – Costa Rica
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O. incerta''
(Bryant, 1936) – Cuba
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O. ituango''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia
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O. jacara''
Levi, 1993 – Brazil
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O. jamora''
Levi, 1993 – Ecuador
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O. klossi''
Levi, 1993 – Brazil
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O. lapeza''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia
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O. lisei''
Levi, 1993 – Brazil
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O. lurida''
(Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Bolivia, Argentina
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O. macaiba''
Levi, 1993 – Brazil
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O. macintyrei''
Levi, 1993 – Ecuador
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O. magdalena''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia
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O. malleri''
Levi, 1993 – Brazil
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O. maltana''
Levi, 1993 – Peru
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O. maraca''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
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O. maroni''
Dierkens, 2014 – French Guiana
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O. mastophoroides''
(Mello-Leitão, 1942) – Argentina
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O. molle''
Levi, 1993 – Bolivia, Argentina
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O. pedregal''
Levi, 1993 – Mexico, Nicaragua
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O. pinhal''
Levi, 1993 – Brazil
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O. pista''
Levi, 1993 – Peru
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O. planada''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia, Ecuador
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O. potosi''
Levi, 1993 – Mexico
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O. redempta''
( Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – USA to Honduras
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O. redondo''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia
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O. rufa''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1889) – Mexico to Costa Rica
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O. saladito''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia
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O. serrallesi''
(Bryant, 1947) – Caribbean
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O. sorota''
Levi, 1993 – Bolivia
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O. steineri''
Levi, 1993 – Venezuela
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O. subrufa''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) – Mexico to Panama
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O. tinajillas''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia, Ecuador
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O. tumida''
( Keyserling, 1865) – Colombia, Ecuador
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O. tungurahua''
Levi, 1993 – Ecuador
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O. valderramai''
Levi, 1993 – Colombia
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O. venustula''
(Keyserling, 1879) – Colombia to Chile
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O. verecunda''
(Keyserling, 1865) – Colombia
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O. viejo''
Levi, 1993 – Costa Rica to Peru
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O. willisi''
Levi, 1993 – Panama
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O. yaelae''
Levi, 1993 – Ecuador
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O. yucatan''
Levi, 1993 – Mexico
References
External links
''Ocrepeira''at
BugGuide
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Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
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