Neoporteria (spider)
Appearance
Neoporteria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Amaurobiidae |
Genus: | Neoporteria Mello-Leitão, 1943[1] |
Type species | |
N. pracellans Mello-Leitão, 1943 | |
Species | |
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Neoporteria is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1943.[2] As of April 2019[update] it contains only two species, both found in Chile.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Neoporteria Mello-Leitão, 1943". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1943). "Aracnidos de Maullin". Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 45: 136–143.