Alpaida grayi

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 grayi

Name

Alpaida grayi (Blackwall, 1863)

Type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Syntypes 3♂6♀: BMNH

Synonyms

• Epeira grayii Blackwall, 1863
• Araneus grayi — Simon, 1897
• Wixia grayi — Mello-Leitão, 1947
• Lariniacantha grayi — Archer, 1951
• Alpaida grayi — Levi, 1976

References

• Blackwall, J. 1863. Description of newly discovered spiders captured in Rio de Janeiro, by John Gray and the Rev. Hamlet Clark (continued). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 11: 29–45. [34]
• Archer, A. F. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. American Museum Novitates 1487: 1–52. PDF [15, f. 38-40]
• Levi, H. W. 1976. The orb-weaver genera Verrucosa, Acanthepeira, Wagneriana, Acacesia, Wixia, Scoloderus and Alpaida north of Mexico. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 147: 351–391. [388]
• Levi, H. W. 1988. The neotropical orb-weaving spiders of the genus Alpaida (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 151: 365–487. [394, f. 10, 44-49]