Wirada
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Wirada is a small dark brown spider genus from South America, with short legs and no colulus (instead it is replaced by two setae). It resembles spiders of the genus Crustulina.
The male of W. punctata has a body length of 1.4 mm, the female 1.5 mm. Both sexes of W. tovarensis are 1 mm long.
[edit] Species
- Wirada punctata Keyserling, 1886 — Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
- Wirada tijuca Levi, 1967 — Brazil
- Wirada tovarensis Simon, 1895 — Venezuela
[edit] References
- Levi, Herbert W. (1963): The Spider Genera Cerocida, Hetschkia, Wirada and Craspedisia (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche 70: 170-179. PDF
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