| Wixia | |
|---|---|
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| W. abdominalis in Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Wixia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 [1] |
| Species: | W. abdominalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Wixia abdominalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 | |
Wixia is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882, [2] containing the single species, Wixia abdominalis. The genus used to contain more species, but they have all been moved, dispersed between Ocrepeira , Alpaida , and several other genera. [1]
