Nerudia Explained

Nerudia is a genus of South American cellar spiders. It was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000,^[1] and named in honour of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. It is only found in Argentina and Chile.^[2]

Species

it contains eleven species:

• Nerudia atacama Huber, 2000 (type) — Chile
• Nerudia centaura Huber, 2023 — Argentina
• Nerudia colina Huber, 2023 — Argentina
• Nerudia flecha Huber, 2023 — Chile
• Nerudia guirnalda Huber, 2023 — Argentina
• Nerudia hoguera Huber, 2023 — Argentina
• Nerudia nono Huber, 2023 — Argentina
• Nerudia ola Huber, 2023 — Argentina
• Nerudia poma Huber, 2023 — Argentina
• Nerudia rocio Huber, 2023 — Argentina
• Nerudia trigo Huber, 2023 — Argentina

See also

• List of Pholcidae species
• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)

Notes and References

1. Huber. B. A.. 2000. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–348. 254. 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2. 83685875.
2. Gloor . Daniel . Nentwig . Wolfgang . Blick . Theo . Kropf . Christian . 2023 . Gen. Nerudia Huber, 2000 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . 31 May 2023 . World Spider Catalog Version 24.