Micrathena miles

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: Micratheninae
Genus: Micrathena
Species: Micrathena miles

Name

Micrathena miles Simon, 1895

Type locality: Fonte Boa and Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.

Syntype: MNHN. female ♀.

Synonymy

• Micrathena cuminamensis Mello-Leitão, 1930: 62 (synonymized by Levi, 1985)
• Micrathena miles nigra Caporiacco, 1948: 667 (synonymized by Levi, 1985)

References

Primary references

• Simon, E.L. 1895b. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris 1: 761-1084. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Levi, H.W. 1985. The spiny orb-weaver genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 150(8): 429–618. Reference page. 
• Magalhães, I.L.F., Martins, P.H., Nogueira, A.A. & Santos, A.J. 2017. Finding hot singles: matching males to females in dimorphic spiders (Araneidae: Micrathena) using phylogenetic placement and DNA barcoding. Invertebrate Systematics 31(1): 8-36. DOI: 10.1071/IS15062. Reference page. 
• Mello-Leitão, C.F. de 1930. Aranhas do Cuminá. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 32: 51–75. Reference page.