Invertebrates of Venezuela

species of insect

species of Chilopoda

Frespera is a genus of Venezuelan jumping spiders that was first described by A. Braul & A. A. Lise in 2002. it contains only two species, found only in Venezuela: F. carinata and F. meridionalis.

species of arachnid

species of arachnid

The spider genus Cabello consists of only one species, Cabello eugeni, found in Venezuela. It is a small yellow-white spider, with females 2 mm long, and males 1.6 mm. The eye region is reddish with a dusky median longitudinal band, the sternum whitish, with grey sides. The yellow-white legs have scattered black spots on the anterior face. On the abdomen there are scattered white spots.

species of insect

species of insect

species of cnidarian

Simonoonops is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 2002 by Harvey. , it contains 11 species.

Tanybelus is a monotypic genus of South American jumping spiders containing the single species, Tanybelus aeneiceps. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902, and is found only in Venezuela and Colombia.

Letoia is a genus of jumping spiders endemic to Venezuela. It contains only one species, Letoia ephippiata.

species of insect

Platypsecas is a monotypic genus of Venezuelan jumping spiders containing the single species, Platypsecas razzabonii. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1955, and is only found in Venezuela. The type locality is El Junquito in the Capital District. Gustavo R. S. Ruiz and Antonio D. Brescovit though the genus was "possibly in Euophryinae"; Wayne P. Maddison followed their "tentative suggestion" and classified the genus in the tribe Euophryini within the clade Saltafresia and subfamily Salticinae.

species of annelid

species of insect

Wiedenmeyeria is a monotypic genus of South American wandering spiders containing the single species, Wiedenmeyeria falconensis. It was first described by E. Schenkel in 1953, and has only been found in Venezuela.

species of insect