Buckupiella is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders containing the single species, Buckupiella imperatriz. It was first described by Antônio Brescovit in 1997,[2] and has only been found in Brazil and Argentina.[1] This genus is named after the Brazilian arachnologist Erica Helena Buckup.[3]

Buckupiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Buckupiella
Brescovit, 1997[1]
Species:
B. imperatriz
Binomial name
Buckupiella imperatriz
Brescovit, 1997[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Buckupiella Brescovit, 1997". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  2. ^ Brescovit, A. D. (1997). "Revisão de Anyphaeninae Bertkau a nivel de gêneros na região Neotropical (Araneae, Anyphaenidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 13 (Suppl.1): 1–187. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000500001.
  3. ^ Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.