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Retiro (spider)

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Genus of spiders

Retiro
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Amaurobiidae
Genus: Retiro
Mello-Leitão, 1915
Type species
R. maculatus Mello-Leitão, 1915
Species

12, see text

Retiro is a genus of South American and Central American tangled nest spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1915.

Species

As of April 2019 it contains twelve species:

  • Retiro crinitus (Simon, 1893) — Venezuela
  • Retiro fulvipes (Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
  • Retiro granadensis (Keyserling, 1878) — Colombia
  • Retiro gratus (Bryant, 1948) — Hispaniola
  • Retiro lanceolatus (Vellard, 1924) — Brazil
  • Retiro maculatus Mello-Leitão, 1915 — Brazil
  • Retiro nigronotatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 — Brazil
  • Retiro plagiatus (Simon, 1893) — Venezuela
  • Retiro procerulus (Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
  • Retiro quitensis (Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
  • Retiro rhombifer (Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
  • Retiro roberti (Reimoser, 1939) — Costa Rica

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Retiro Mello-Leitão, 1915". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  2. Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1915). "Alguns generos e especies novas de araneidos do Brasil". Brotéria (Ser. Zool.). 13: 129–142.
Taxon identifiers
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