Totua

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Totua
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Totua
Keyserling, 1891 [1]
Species:
T. gracilipes
Binomial name
Totua gracilipes
Keyserling, 1891

Totua is a monotypic genus of Brazilian sheet weavers containing the single species, Totua gracilipes. It was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1891, [2] and is only found in Brazil. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Totua Keyserling, 1891". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. Keyserling, E. (1891). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Brasilianische Spinnen. Nürnberg 3. pp. 1–278.