Leucauge behemoth

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: Tetragnathidae
Subfamilia: Leucauginae
Genus: Leucauge
Species: Leucauge behemoth

Name

Leucauge behemoth Ferreira-Sousa et al., 2023: 87

Type locality: ARIE do Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

Holotype: IBSP. female ♀. 15.VIII.2003. legit A. Pacheco. IBSP 342780.

References

Primary references

• Ferreira-Sousa, L., Venticinque, E.M., Motta, P.C. & Brescovit, A.D. 2023. The more, the merrier: a new colonial species of the orb weaving spider genus Leucauge White, 1841 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from the Amazon rainforest. Zootaxa 5383(1): 083–095. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.1.7. . Reference page.