Thaida

Thaida is a genus of South American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Austrochilidae, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species in Chile and Argentina.[1]

Thaida
Thaida chepu: 1 – habitat; 2 – web; 3 – frontal view of cephalothorax, showing eyes; 4 – dorsal view of cephalothorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Austrochilidae
Genus: Thaida
Karsch, 1880[1]
Type species
T. peculiaris
Karsch, 1880
Species
  • T. chepu Platnick, 1987 – Chile
  • T. peculiaris Karsch, 1880 – Chile, Argentina

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Thaida Karsch, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. Karsch, F. (1880). "Arachnologische Blätter (Decas I)". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, Dritte Folge. 5: 373–409.


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