Montescueia is a monotypic genus of South American wandering spiders containing the single species, Montescueia leitaoi. The male was described by R. U. Carcavallo & A. Martínez in 1961,[2] but no female has been described yet. It has only been found in Argentina.[1]
| Montescueia | |
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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: | Ctenidae |
| Genus: | Montescueia Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961[1] |
| Species: | M. leitaoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Montescueia leitaoi Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Montescueia Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
- ^ Carcavallo, R. U.; Martínez, A. (1961). "La subfamilia Corinocteninae (Araneae, Ctenidae)". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 23: 7–13.