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Wixia

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Wixia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Wixia
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882[1]
Species:
W. abdominalis
Binomial name
Wixia abdominalis

Wixia is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882,[2] containing the single species, Wixia abdominalis. There used to be many more, but they have all been moved, dispersed between Ocrepeira, Alpaida, and several other genera.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Wixia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1882). "On new genera and species of Araneidea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 50 (3): 423–442. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02749.x. hdl:2027/coo.31924018443543.


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