Gelanor fortuna

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Gelanor fortuna
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Mimetidae
Genus: Gelanor
Species:
G. fortuna
Binomial name
Gelanor fortuna
Benavides & Hormiga, 2016 [1]

Gelanor fortuna is a species of neotropical spider from Panama in the family Mimetidae. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Taxon details Gelanor fortuna Benavides & Hormiga, 2016". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  2. Benavides, Ligia R.; Hormiga, Gustavo (2016). "Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical pirate spiders of the genus Gelanor Thorell, 1869 (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of five new species". Zootaxa. 4064 (1): 1–72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4064.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   27395525.