Meotipa pulcherrima | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Theridiidae |
Genus: | Meotipa |
Species: | M. pulcherrima
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Binomial name | |
Meotipa pulcherrima (Mello-Leitão, 1917)
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Meotipa pulcherrima is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Tropical Africa, and has been introduced into the Americas, Papua New Guinea, China, Korea, Japan, and the Pacific Islands.[3]
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References
- ^ "Meotipa pulcherrima species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ^ "Meotipa pulcherrima". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ^ a b "Meotipa pulcherrima". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ^ "Meotipa pulcherrima Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
Further reading
- Adams, Richard J.; Manolis, Timothy D. (2014). Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States (California Natural History Guides). University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520276611.
- Bradley, Richard A. (2012). Common Spiders of North America. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520274884.
- Foelix, Rainer F. (2010). Biology of Spiders (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199734825.
- Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing. ISBN 978-0877192640.
- Ubick, D.; Paquin, P.; Cushing, P.E.; Roth, V., eds. (2005). Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual. American Arachnological Society. ISBN 978-0977143900.
- Wheeler, W.C.; Coddington, J.A.; Crowley, L.M.; Dimitrov, D.; et al. (2016). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling". Cladistics. 33 (6): 576–616. doi:10.1111/cla.12182.
External links
Media related to Chrysso pulcherrima at Wikimedia Commons