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Wixia is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882, containing the single species, Wixia abdominalis. The genus used to contain more species, but they have all been moved, dispersed between Ocrepeira, Alpaida, and several other genera.

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monotypic taxon
Parent taxon
Araneidae
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taxon name
Wixia
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Wixia
taxonomic type
Wixia abdominalis
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Wixia is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882, containing the single species, Wixia abdominalis. The genus used to contain more species, but they have all been moved, dispersed between Ocrepeira, Alpaida, and several other genera.

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