Biology:Epilineutes

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Short description: Monotypic genus of spiders

Epilineutes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiosomatidae
Genus: Epilineutes
Coddington, 1986[1]
Species:
E. globosus
Binomial name
Epilineutes globosus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)

Epilineutes is a monotypic genus of South and Central American ray spiders containing the single species, Epilineutes globosus. The genus was first described by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986.[2] The single species was first described in 1896 under the name Andasta globosa,[3] but has also been referred to as Theridiosoma globosum.[4][5]

It has been found in Brazil and Mexico.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). Gen. Epilineutes Coddington, 1986. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3569. Retrieved 2020-07-18. 
  2. Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 422 (422): 1–96. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.422. 
  3. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1896), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology, p. 192 
  4. Archer, A. F. (1953). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae)". American Museum Novitates (1622): 11. 
  5. Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1902), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology, p. 414 

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