- Envia garciai
Taxobox
name = "Envia garciai"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
subordo =Mygalomorphae
familia =Microstigmatidae
genus = "Envia"
genus_authority = Ott & Höfer, 2003
diversity = 1 species
diversity_link = List of Microstigmatidae species#Envia
species = "E. garciai"
binomial = "Envia garciai"
binomial_authority = Ott & Höfer, 2003"Envia garciai" is a small (3 mm) pale yellow
species ofmygalomorph spider fromBrazil . It is the only described species in genus "Envia".They live in soil and litter of undisturbed rainforest, where they reach up to 17% of the local spider abundance, with 37 individuals found on one m².
Name
According to the authors, the genus name is an arbitrary combination of letters. The species name is in honor of researcher Marcos Garcia.
References
* (2003): "Envia garciai", a new genus and species of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Microstigmatidae) from Brazilian Amazonia. "Iheringia" 93: 373-379. [http://www.scielo.br/pdf/isz/v93n4/a04v93n4.pdf PDF]
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".
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