Wirada is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.[2]
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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: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Wirada Keyserling, 1886[1] |
| Type species | |
| W. punctata Keyserling, 1886
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W. tovarensis is 1 millimetre (0.039 in) long. W. punctata males have a body length of 1.4 millimetres (0.055 in), while females have a body length of 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in).[3]
Species edit
As of June 2020[update] it contains six species, found in South America and Mexico:[1]
- Wirada araucaria Lise, Silva & Bertoncello, 2009 – Brazil
- Wirada mexicana Campuzano & Ibarra-Núñez, 2018 – Mexico
- Wirada punctata Keyserling, 1886 (type) – Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
- Wirada sigillata Lise, Silva & Bertoncello, 2009 – Brazil, Argentina
- Wirada tijuca Levi, 1967 – Brazil
- Wirada tovarensis Simon, 1895 – Venezuela
In synonymy:
- W. rugithorax Simon, 1895 = Wirada punctata Keyserling, 1886
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Wirada Keyserling, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. pp. 1–295. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.
- ^ Levi, H. W. (1963). "The spider genera Cerocida, Hetschkia, Wirada and Craspedisia (Araneae: Theridiidae)" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 70 (3): 170–179. doi:10.1155/1963/85397.
Further reading edit
- Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- Lise, A. A.; Silva, E. L. C. da; Bertoncello, L. A. (2009). "Two new species of the Neotropical spider genus Wirada Keyserling, 1886 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from southern Brazil". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 44 (3): 183–194. doi:10.1080/01650520903467403. S2CID 86655438.
- Simon, E. (1895). "Etudes arachnologiques. 26e. XLI. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 64: 131–160.
- Campuzano, E. F.; Ibarra-Núñez, G. (2018). "A new species of the spider genus Wirada (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Mexico, with taxonomic notes on the genus and a key to the species". Zootaxa. 4457 (3): 495–500. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4457.3.13. PMID 30314166.