Azilia Explained

Azilia is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.^[1] It is a senior synonym of Cardimia.^[2]

Species

it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in the United States:^[3]

• Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 – USA to Panama
• Azilia boudeti Simon, 1895 – Brazil
• Azilia eximia (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil
• Azilia formosa Keyserling, 1881 (type) – Peru
• Azilia guatemalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 – Central America to Peru, St. Vincent
• Azilia histrio Simon, 1895 – Brazil
• Azilia integrans (Mello-Leitão, 1935) — Brazil
• Azilia marmorata Mello-Leitão, 1948 – Guyana
• Azilia montana Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
• Azilia rojasi Simon, 1895 – Venezuela
• Azilia vachoni (Caporiacco, 1954) – French Guiana

In synonymy:

• A. mexicana Banks, 1898 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
• A. vagepicta Simon, 1895 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893

Formerly placed here

• Azilia leucostigma Mello-Leitão, 1941– now in Galianoella

See also

• List of Tetragnathidae species

Notes and References

1. Keyserling. E.. 1881. Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 269–314. 31. 10.5962/bhl.part.20318. Eugen von Keyserling.
2. Levi. H. W.. 2002. Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. Journal of Arachnology. 30. 3. 562. 10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0527:KTTGOA]2.0.CO;2.
3. Gen. Azilia Keyserling, 1881. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-11-10. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.