Azilia is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.[3] It is a senior synonym of Cardimia.[2]

Azilia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Azilia
Keyserling, 1881[1]
Type species
A. formosa
Keyserling, 1881
Species

11, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of March 2021 it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in the United States:[1]

In synonymy:

  • A. mexicana Banks, 1898 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
  • A. vagepicta Simon, 1895 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893

Formerly placed here

  • Azilia leucostigma Mello-Leitão, 1941– now in Galianoella

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Azilia Keyserling, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. ^ a b Levi, H. W. (2002). "Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas". Journal of Arachnology. 30 (3): 562. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0527:KTTGOA]2.0.CO;2.
  3. ^ Keyserling, E. (1881). "Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 31: 269–314. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20318.