Wendilgarda
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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: | Theridiosomatidae |
| Genus: | Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886[1] |
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| W. mexicana Keyserling, 1886
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Wendilgarda is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.[3]
Species
[edit]As of February 2023[update] it contains fourteen species and one subspecies, found in Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, São Tomé and Príncipe, Brazil, and Mexico:[1]
- Wendilgarda assamensis Fage, 1924 – India, China
- Wendilgarda atricolor (Simon, 1907) – São Tomé and Príncipe
- Wendilgarda clara Keyserling, 1886 – Caribbean, Guatemala to Brazil
- Wendilgarda galapagensis Archer, 1953 – Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
- Wendilgarda housaiyuae Lin & Li, 2022 – China
- Wendilgarda liliwensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Wendilgarda mexicana Keyserling, 1886 (type) – Mexico, Central America, Cuba
- Wendilgarda muji Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
- Wendilgarda mustelina Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent
- Wendilgarda m. arnouxi Lopez & Emerit, 1986 – Guadeloupe
- Wendilgarda nigra Keyserling, 1886 – Brazil
- Wendilgarda nipponica Shinkai, 2009 – Japan
- Wendilgarda panjanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
- Wendilgarda ruficeps Suzuki, 2019 – Japan
- Wendilgarda sinensis Zhu & Wang, 1992 – China
Formerly included:
- W. bicolor Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Plato)
- W. coddingtoni Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001 (Transferred to Karstia)
- W. guacharo Brignoli, 1972 (Transferred to Plato)
- W. miranda Brignoli, 1972 (Transferred to Plato)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 24.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
- ^ a b Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 422: 82.
- ^ Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 2, . pp. 1–295. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.
Further reading
[edit]- Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 422 (422): 1–96. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.422.
- Archer, A. F. (1953). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 3". American Museum Novitates (1622): 1–27.
- Song, D. X.; Zhu, M. S.; Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang. p. 640.
- Lopez, A.; Emerit, M. (1986). "Wendilgarda mustelina arnouxi n. ssp et la glande labio-sternale des Theridiosomatidae (Araneae)". Mémoires de Biospéologie. 12: 67–76.