Wixia
Sign in to saveWixia is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882, 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.
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It is catalogued under topics including Araneidae, Monotypic Araneomorphae genera and Spiders of South America.
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- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Araneidae
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- taxon name
- Wixia
- taxon rank
- genus
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- Category:Wixia
- taxonomic type
- Wixia abdominalis
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Wixia is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1882, 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.
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