Micrepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by E. Schenkel in 1953.[2]
| Micrepeira | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Micrepeira Schenkel, 1953[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. albomaculata Schenkel, 1953
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| Species | |
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Species
editAs of April 2019[update] it contains seven species:[1]
- Micrepeira albomaculata Schenkel, 1953 – Venezuela
- Micrepeira fowleri Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Micrepeira hoeferi Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil, French Guiana
- Micrepeira pachitea Levi, 1995 – Peru
- Micrepeira smithae Levi, 1995 – Suriname
- Micrepeira tubulofaciens (Hingston, 1932) – Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana
- Micrepeira velso Levi, 1995 – Costa Rica
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Micrepeira Schenkel, 1953". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ Schenkel, E. (1953). "Bericht über einige Spinnentiere aus Venezuela". Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel. 64: 1–57.
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