| Lupettiana mordax | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Anyphaenidae |
| Genus: | Lupettiana |
| Species: | L. mordax |
| Binomial name | |
| Lupettiana mordax (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896) | |
Lupettiana mordax is a species of ghost spider in the family Anyphaenidae. It is found in a range from the United States to Peru and Brazil. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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