Synotaxus
Sign in to saveSynotaxus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Synotaxidae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Originally placed with the tangle web spiders, it was moved to the family Synotaxidae in 2017.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Synotaxidae
- Collections
- MCZ, MPEG, USNM
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Synotaxidae
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- taxon name
- Synotaxus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Synotaxus turbinatus
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Synotaxus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Synotaxidae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Originally placed with the tangle web spiders, it was moved to the family Synotaxidae in 2017.
== Description == Spiders in this genus have a long, green abdomen, which extends to varying degrees beyond the spinnerets. The carapace is wide and flat, and they have long, delicate legs with the first being the longest. The legs and body are both covered in long, fine setae.
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