Vacchellia

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Vacchellia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Philodromidae
Genus: Vacchellia
Caporiacco, 1935 [1]
Species:
V. baltoroi
Binomial name
Vacchellia baltoroi
Caporiacco, 1935

Vacchellia is a monotypic genus of running crab spiders containing the single species, Vacchellia baltoroi. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1935, [2] and is only found in Karakorum. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Vacchellia Caporiacco, 1935". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Caporiacco, L. di (1935). "Aracnidi dell'Himalaia e del Karakoram, raccolti dalla Missione italiana al Karakoram (1929-VII)". Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova. 13: 161–263.