''Nerudia'' 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 South American cellar spiders. It was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000, and named in honour of Chilean poet

Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...

. It is only found in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

Species

it contains eleven species: * '' Nerudia atacama'' Huber, 2000 ( type) — Chile * '' Nerudia centaura'' Huber, 2023 — Argentina * '' Nerudia colina'' Huber, 2023 — Argentina * '' Nerudia flecha'' Huber, 2023 — Chile * '' Nerudia guirnalda'' Huber, 2023 — Argentina * '' Nerudia hoguera'' Huber, 2023 — Argentina * '' Nerudia nono'' Huber, 2023 — Argentina * '' Nerudia ola'' Huber, 2023 — Argentina * '' Nerudia poma'' Huber, 2023 — Argentina * '' Nerudia rocio'' Huber, 2023 — Argentina * '' Nerudia trigo'' Huber, 2023 — Argentina

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* Pholcidae Spiders of South America {{Pholcidae-stub

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