Alpaida tijuca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Araneini
Genus: Alpaida
Species: Alpaida tijuca

Name

Alpaida tijuca Levi, 1988

Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional da Tijuca

Holotype: MNRJ. female ♀. legit M. Eugenio. MNRJ 58145.

Synonymy

• Alpaida caxias Levi, 1988: 439 (synonymized by Baptista, Castanheira & Prado, 2018: 339)
  • Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, Est. Rio de Janeiro.
    • Holotype: AMNH. male ♂. legit M. Alvarenga.

References

Primary references

• Levi, H.W. 1988. The neotropical orb-weaving spiders of the genus Alpaida (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 151(7): 365–487. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Baptista, R.L.C., Castanheira, P. de S. & do Prado, A.W.D. 2018. Notes on the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida (Araneae, Araneidae) with description of four new species from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa 4407(3): 321–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.2 Reference page.