Exalbidion Explained

Exalbidion is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1995.^[1]

Species

it contains six species, found in the Caribbean and from Mexico to Brazil:^[2]

• Exalbidion barroanum (Levi, 1959) – Panama, Ecuador
• Exalbidion dotanum (Banks, 1914) – Mexico to Panama
• Exalbidion fungosum (Keyserling, 1886) – Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina
• Exalbidion pallisterorum (Levi, 1959) – Mexico
• Exalbidion rufipunctum (Levi, 1959) – Mexico, Panama, Ecuador
• Exalbidion sexmaculatum (Keyserling, 1884) (type) – Guatemala, Caribbean to Brazil

In synonymy:

• E. tungurahua = Exalbidion fungosum (Keyserling, 1886)

See also

• List of Theridiidae species

Notes and References

1. Wunderlich. J.. 1995. Revision und Neubeschreibung einiger Gattungen der Familie Theridiidae aus der Nearktis und Neotropis (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie. 609–615. 4. 1994.
2. Gen. Exalbidion Wunderlich, 1995. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-06-19. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.