Azilia

Azilia is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.[3] It is a senior synonym of Cardimia.[2]

This article is about a genus of spiders. For the genus of flowering plants, see Azilia eryngioides.

Azilia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Azilia
Keyserling, 1881[1]
Type species
A. formosa
Keyserling, 1881
Species

11, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of March 2021 it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in the United States:[1]

  • Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 – USA to Panama
  • Azilia boudeti Simon, 1895 – Brazil
  • Azilia eximia (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil
  • Azilia formosa Keyserling, 1881 (type) – Peru
  • Azilia guatemalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 – Central America to Peru, St. Vincent
  • Azilia histrio Simon, 1895 – Brazil
  • Azilia integrans (Mello-Leitão, 1935) — Brazil
  • Azilia marmorata Mello-Leitão, 1948 – Guyana
  • Azilia montana Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
  • Azilia rojasi Simon, 1895 – Venezuela
  • Azilia vachoni (Caporiacco, 1954) – French Guiana

In synonymy:

  • A. mexicana Banks, 1898 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
  • A. vagepicta Simon, 1895 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893

Formerly placed here

  • Azilia leucostigma Mello-Leitão, 1941– now in Galianoella

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Azilia Keyserling, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. Levi, H. W. (2002). "Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas". Journal of Arachnology. 30: 562.
  3. Keyserling, E. (1881). "Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 31: 269–314.


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