Tetragnatha torrensis

Tetragnatha torrensis is a species of long-jawed orb weaving spiders of the family Tetragnathidae.[1] It is endemic on the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde.[2] The species name torrensis refers to the place where it was found: Ribeira da Torre.[3]

Tetragnatha torrensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Tetragnatha
Species:
T. torrensis
Binomial name
Tetragnatha torrensis
Schmidt & Piepho, 1994

References

  1. World Spider Catalog (2018). "Tetragnatha torrensis". Natural History Museum of Bern.
  2. García, Macías & Oromí, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres. [Preliminary lists of forest species of Cape Verde] Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 63
  3. Schmidt, Geisthardt & Piepho (1994). "Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna der Kapverdischen Inseln (Arachnida: Araneida)" (PDF). Mitteilungen des internationalen entomologischen Vereins (in German). 19 (3/4): 87–88. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2012.
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