''Synotaxus'' is a

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araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...

spiders in the family Synotaxidae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Originally placed with the tangle web spiders, it was moved to the

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

family Synotaxidae in 2017.

Description

Spiders in this genus have a long, green abdomen, which extends to varying degrees beyond the spinnerets. The carapace is wide and flat, and they have long, delicate legs with the first being the longest. The legs and body are both covered in long, fine setae. The posterior lateral spinnerets bear enlarged aggregate gland spigots, and the male pedipalp has a stout patellar spur. The palpal femur, patella and tibia bear strong, often greatly enlarged, macrosetae.

Species

it contains eleven species, found in South America,

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, and on

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: * '' Synotaxus bonaldoi'' Santos & Rheims, 2005 –

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 ...

* '' Synotaxus brescoviti'' Santos & Rheims, 2005 – Brazil * '' Synotaxus ecuadorensis'' Exline, 1950 – Costa Rica to Ecuador * '' Synotaxus itabaiana'' Santos & Rheims, 2005 – Brazil * ''

Synotaxus jaraguari ''Synotaxus'' is a genus of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Synotaxidae that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Originally placed with the Theridiidae, tangle web spiders, it was moved to the Monoty ...

'' Souza, Brescovit & Araujo, 2017 – Brazil * '' Synotaxus leticia'' Exline &

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, 1965 –

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* '' Synotaxus longicaudatus'' ( Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil * '' Synotaxus monoceros'' ( Caporiacco, 1947) –

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

, Brazil * '' Synotaxus siolii'' Santos & Rheims, 2005 – Brazil * '' Synotaxus turbinatus'' Simon, 1895 ( type) – Panama to Ecuador * '' Synotaxus waiwai'' Agnarsson, 2003 – Guyana, Brazil,

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

Habitat and Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in the understory of wet forests in

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 ...

, where they construct their webs between the leaves of trees or bushes, well above the forest floor.

References

Araneomorphae genera Synotaxidae {{Synotaxidae-stub