Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Micrathena

Micrathena embira Levi, 1985

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2017-03-19
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016560]
  • Distribution: Colombia, Brazil
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Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Micrathena embira Levi, 1985a: 552, f. 551-555 (Df).
Micrathena embira Magalhães et al., 2017: 23, f. 1E-F, 3-5, 9A-D (Dm).
References

Levi, H. W. (1985a). The spiny orb-weaver genera Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 150: 429-618. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Magalhaes, I. L. F., Martins, P. H., Nogueira, A. A. & Santos, A. J. (2017). Finding hot singles: matching males to females in dimorphic spiders (Araneidae: Micrathena) using phylogenetic placement and DNA barcoding. Invertebrate Systematics 31(1): 8-36. doi:10.1071/IS15062 download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2017-03-19 New taxonomic reference entry Magalhães et al., 2017 n/a
2017-03-19 First description of male Magalhães et al., 2017 n/a (Old value)