Lewisepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1993.[2]

Lewisepeira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Lewisepeira
Levi, 1993[1]
Type species
L. farri
(Archer, 1958)
Species

4, see text

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains four species from the Americas and the Caribbean:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Lewisepeira Levi, 1993". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ^ Levi, H. W. (1993). "The new orb-weaver genus Lewisepeira (Araneae: Araneidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 100 (3–4): 127–136. doi:10.1155/1993/97657.