Alpaida variabilis

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Alpaida variabilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Alpaida
Species:
A. variabilis
Binomial name
Alpaida variabilis
(Keyserling, 1864)

Alpaida variabilis is a species of spider known for living in wetlands. [1]

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Description

A small spider, characterized by having hairless bodies; an orange, yellow, or red carapace, often having dark patterns. [2]

Range

This spider is found in Colombia [3] and Argentina. [4] May be found in other countries, although limited to the neotropics. [2]

Habitat

Found in the grass of more water dense environments such as wetlands. [5]

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References

  1. "Alpaida variabilis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  2. 1 2 Harvard University.; University, Harvard (1985). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Vol. 151. Cambridge, Mass: The Museum.
  3. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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  5. Martínez, Natalia María Ramírez; Ortíz, Juliana Rodríguez; Salinas, Maria del Pilar Urrego; Aguas, Cristian Camilo Gonzalez. "Artropofauna de las Reservas Distritales de Humedal de Bogotá, D.C." doi:10.15472/yrmtmu.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)