Goeldia Explained

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

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

Notes and References

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