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Amazonepeira

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Amazonepeira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Amazonepeira
Levi, 1989[1]
Type species
A. herrera
Levi, 1989
Species

5, see text

Amazonepeira is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1989.[2]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains five species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Amazonepeira Levi, 1989". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. ^ Levi, H. W. (1989). "The Neotropical orb-weaver genera Epeiroides, Bertrana and Amazonepeira (Araneae: Araneidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 96 (1–2): 75–99. doi:10.1155/1989/65890.