Boconita is a small genus of South American cellar spiders. It was first described by B. A. Huber and O. Villarreal in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Venezuela.[1] As of March 2022 it contains only two species: B. sayona and B. yacambu.[1]

Boconita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Boconita
Huber, 2020[1]
Type species
B. sayona
Huber, 2020
Species
  • Boconita sayona Huber, 2020
  • Boconita yacambu Huber, 2020

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Boconita Huber, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  2. ^ Huber, B. A.; Villarreal, O. (2020). "On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (718): 1–317. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101. S2CID 224903618.