Bertrana
| Bertrana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Bertrana Keyserling, 1884 |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 12 species | |
Bertrana is a spider genus that occurs from Central to South America.
B. striolata females are about 3.5 mm long. The eight eyes are in two rows. The abdomen is white on top and on the sides, with multiple hieroglyphic-like lines and bars of many differente shapes and length. In females, these are red, in males, black.
Species
- Bertrana abbreviata (Keyserling, 1879) — Colombia
- Bertrana arena Levi, 1989 — Costa Rica
- Bertrana benuta Levi, 1994 — Colombia
- Bertrana elinguis (Keyserling, 1883) — Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Bertrana laselva Levi, 1989 — Costa Rica
- Bertrana nancho Levi, 1989 — Peru
- Bertrana planada Levi, 1989 — Colombia, Ecuador
- Bertrana poa Levi, 1994 — Ecuador
- Bertrana rufostriata Simon, 1893 — Venezuela, Brazil
- Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884 — Costa Rica to Argentina
- Bertrana urahua Levi, 1994 — Ecuador
- Bertrana vella Levi, 1989 — Panama, Colombia
References
- Chickering, A.M. (1963): The Female of Bertrana hieroglyphica Petrunkevitch (Araneac, Argiopidae). Psyche 70: 129-132. PDF (=B. striolata)
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