Goeldia

Goeldia
G. patellaris, female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Titanoecidae
Genus:
Keyserling, 1891
Type species
G. leechi
Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024
Species

18 species, see text

Goeldia is a genus of spiders that occur in Central to South America.[1] It was first described by Keyserling in 1891.[2] One species, Goeldia funesta, has been introduced to the United States.[3]

Species

As of November 2024 it contains eighteen species:

  • Goeldia bagumbubu Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil
  • Goeldia chinipensis Leech, 1972 - Mexico
  • Goeldia diva Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil
  • Goeldia funesta Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Introduced to USA
  • Goeldia gauderio Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil
  • Goeldia goytacazes Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil
  • Goeldia guayaquilensis (Schmidt, 1971) - Ecuador, Peru
  • Goeldia leechi Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina
  • Goeldia luteipes (Keyserling, 1891) - Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
  • Goeldia mexicana (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896) - Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama
  • Goeldia mirim Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil
  • Goeldia nigra (Mello-Leitão, 1917) - Brazil, Argentina
  • Goeldia obscura (Keyserling, 1878) - Colombia
  • Goeldia patellaris (Simon, 1892) - Venezuela, Brazil
  • Goeldia portenha Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil, Argentina
  • Goeldia tizamina (misplaced in Goeldia) (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938) - Mexico
  • Goeldia utcuyacu Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Peru
  • Goeldia zyngierae (Almeida-Silva, Brescovit & Dias, 2009) - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

References

  1. ^ "Goeldia". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ^ Keyserling, Eugen, Hess, Gg., Jacob, Emil Theodor Jakob, Marx, George (1880). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Verlag von Bauer & Raspe (E. Küster). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.
  3. ^ Almeida-Silva, Lina M.; Brescovit, Antonio D. (21 March 2024). "Unraveling the mysteries of Goeldia Keyserling, 1891: revision, description of seven new species and first record from USA (Araneae: Titanoecidae)". Zootaxa. 5428 (2): 151–193. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5428.2.1. Retrieved 11 November 2024.


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