Nerudia is a genus of South American cellar spiders. It was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000,[1] and named in honour of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. It is only found in Argentina and Chile.[2]

Nerudia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Nerudia
Huber, 2000
Type species
Nerudia atacama
Huber, 2000
Species

11, see text

Species

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As of May 2023 it contains eleven species:[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 1–348. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 83685875.
  2. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Nerudia Huber, 2000". World Spider Catalog Version 24. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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