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Molinaranea

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Molinaranea is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940. thumb ==Species== it contains seven species: Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina Molinaranea fernandez Levi, 2001 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) – Chile, Argentina, Juan Fernandez Is., Falkland Is. Molinaranea mammifera (Tullgren, 1902) – Chile Molinaranea phaethontis (Simon, 1896) – Chile, Argentina Molinaranea surculorum (Simon, 1896) – Chile Molinaranea vildav Levi, 2001 – Chile

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAraneidae
Observations recorded524

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
3
Family
Araneidae
Collections
FMNH, ZMUC
Recorded in
Trinidad And Tobago, Argentina

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Molinaranea is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940. thumb ==Species== it contains seven species: Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina Molinaranea fernandez Levi, 2001 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) – Chile, Argentina, Juan Fernandez Is., Falkland Is. Molinaranea mammifera (Tullgren, 1902) – Chile Molinaranea phaethontis (Simon, 1896) – Chile, Argentina Molinaranea surculorum (Simon, 1896) – Chile Molinaranea vildav Levi, 2001 – Chile

==References==

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