Wirada

Taxobox
name = "Wirada"


image_caption = female "W. punctata"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Theridiidae
genus = "Wirada"
genus_authority = Keyserling, 1886
diversity_link = List of Theridiidae species#Wirada
diversity = 3 species
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range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Wirada" is a small dark brown spider genus from South America, with short legs and no colulus (instead it is replaced by two setae). It resembles spiders of the genus "Crustulina".

The male of "W. punctata" has a body length of 1.4 mm, the female 1.5 mm. Both sexes of "W. tovarensis" are 1 mm long.

pecies

* "Wirada punctata" Keyserling, 1886 — Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
* "Wirada tijuca" Levi, 1967 — Brazil
* "Wirada tovarensis" Simon, 1895 — Venezuela

References

* (1963): The Spider Genera "Cerocida", "Hetschkia", "Wirada" and "Craspedisia" (Araneae: Theridiidae). "Psyche" 70: 170-179. [http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/70/70-170.pdf PDF]

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