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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: | Theridiosomatidae |
| Genus: | Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886 |
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| W. mexicana Keyserling, 1886 | |
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Wendilgarda is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.
Species
As of February 2023 it contains fourteen species and one subspecies, found in Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, São Tomé and Príncipe, Brazil, and Mexico:
- Wendilgarda assamensis Fage, 1924 – India, China
- Wendilgarda atricolor (Simon, 1907) – São Tomé and Príncipe
- Wendilgarda clara Keyserling, 1886 – Caribbean, Guatemala to Brazil
- Wendilgarda galapagensis Archer, 1953 – Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
- Wendilgarda housaiyuae Lin & Li, 2022 – China
- Wendilgarda liliwensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Wendilgarda mexicana Keyserling, 1886 (type) – Mexico, Central America, Cuba
- Wendilgarda muji Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
- Wendilgarda mustelina Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent
- Wendilgarda m. arnouxi Lopez & Emerit, 1986 – Guadeloupe
- Wendilgarda nigra Keyserling, 1886 – Brazil
- Wendilgarda nipponica Shinkai, 2009 – Japan
- Wendilgarda panjanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
- Wendilgarda ruficeps Suzuki, 2019 – Japan
- Wendilgarda sinensis Zhu & Wang, 1992 – China
Formerly included:
- W. bicolor Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Plato)
- W. coddingtoni Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001 (Transferred to Karstia)
- W. guacharo Brignoli, 1972 (Transferred to Plato)
- W. miranda Brignoli, 1972 (Transferred to Plato)
See also
References
- ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 24.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
- ^ Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 422: 82.
- Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 2, . pp. 1–295. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.
Further reading
- Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 422 (422): 1–96. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.422.
- Archer, A. F. (1953). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 3". American Museum Novitates (1622): 1–27.
- Song, D. X.; Zhu, M. S.; Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang. p. 640.
- Lopez, A.; Emerit, M. (1986). "Wendilgarda mustelina arnouxi n. ssp et la glande labio-sternale des Theridiosomatidae (Araneae)". Mémoires de Biospéologie. 12: 67–76.
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