Goeldia

Goeldia
G. patellaris, female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Titanoecidae
Genus:	Goeldia Keyserling, 1891
Type species
G. leechi Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024
Species
18 species, see text

Goeldia is a genus of spiders that occur in Central to South America. ^[1] It was first described by Keyserling in 1891. ^[2] One species, Goeldia funesta , has been introduced to the United States. ^[3]

Species

As of November 2024 ^[update] it contains eighteen species:

• Goeldia bagumbubu Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil
• Goeldia chinipensis Leech, 1972 - Mexico
• Goeldia diva Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil
• Goeldia funesta Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Introduced to USA
• Goeldia gauderio Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil
• Goeldia goytacazes Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil
• Goeldia guayaquilensis (Schmidt, 1971) - Ecuador, Peru
• Goeldia leechi Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina
• Goeldia luteipes (Keyserling, 1891) - Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
• Goeldia mexicana (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896) - Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama
• Goeldia mirim Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil
• Goeldia nigra (Mello-Leitão, 1917) - Brazil, Argentina
• Goeldia obscura (Keyserling, 1878) - Colombia
• Goeldia patellaris (Simon, 1892) - Venezuela, Brazil
• Goeldia portenha Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil, Argentina
• Goeldia tizamina (misplaced in Goeldia)(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938) - Mexico
• Goeldia utcuyacu Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Peru
• Goeldia zyngierae (Almeida-Silva, Brescovit & Dias, 2009) - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

References

1. "Goeldia". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
2. Keyserling, Eugen, Hess, Gg., Jacob, Emil Theodor Jakob, Marx, George (1880). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Verlag von Bauer & Raspe (E. Küster). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.
3. Almeida-Silva, Lina M.; Brescovit, Antonio D. (21 March 2024). "Unraveling the mysteries of Goeldia Keyserling, 1891: revision, description of seven new species and first record from USA (Araneae: Titanoecidae)" . Zootaxa. 5428 (2): 151–193. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5428.2.1 . Retrieved 11 November 2024.

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