Azilia

This article is about a genus of spiders. For the genus of flowering plants, see Azilia eryngioides.

Azilia
A. affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Azilia Keyserling, 1881 [1]
Type species
A. formosa Keyserling, 1881
Species
11, see text
Synonyms [1]
Arochoides Mello-Leitão, 1940 CardimiaMello-Leitão, 1940

Azilia is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. ^[2] It is a senior synonym of Cardimia. ^[3]

Species

As of March 2021 ^[update] it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in the United States: ^[1]

• Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 – USA to Panama
• Azilia boudeti Simon, 1895 – Brazil
• Azilia eximia (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil
• Azilia formosa Keyserling, 1881 (type) – Peru
• Azilia guatemalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 – Central America to Peru, St. Vincent
• Azilia histrio Simon, 1895 – Brazil
• Azilia integrans (Mello-Leitão, 1935) — Brazil
• Azilia marmorata Mello-Leitão, 1948 – Guyana
• Azilia montana Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
• Azilia rojasi Simon, 1895 – Venezuela
• Azilia vachoni (Caporiacco, 1954) – French Guiana

In synonymy:

• A. mexicanaBanks, 1898 = Azilia affinisO. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
• A. vagepictaSimon, 1895 = Azilia affinisO. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893

Formerly placed here

• Azilia leucostigmaMello-Leitão, 1941– now in Galianoella

See also

• List of Tetragnathidae species

References

1. "Gen. Azilia Keyserling, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-04-04.
2. Keyserling, E. (1881). "Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 31: 269–314. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20318.
3. Levi, H. W. (2002). "Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas". Journal of Arachnology. 30 (3): 562. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0527:KTTGOA]2.0.CO;2.