Dipoena santacatarinae

Dipoena santacatarinae is a species of araneomorphae spider in the family Theridiidae.

Dipoena santacatarinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Dipoena
Species:
D. santacatarinae
Binomial name
Dipoena santacatarinae
Levi, 1963

Description

The male holotype measures 1.3 millimetres (0.051 in) and the female paratype 1.7 millimetres (0.067 in).[1]

Etymology

The name of the species comes from the place of its discovery, Santa Catarina.[1]

Distribution

The species is endemic to Brazil. It is found in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais.[2]

References

  1. Levi, 1963 : American spiders of the genera Audifia, Euryopis and Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 129, No. 2, p. 121-185 ()
  2. Rodrigues, 2013 : Six new species, complementary descriptions and new records from the Neotropical region of the spider genus Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae). Zootaxa, No. 3750, p. 1-25


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