Retiro (spider) explained

Retiro is a genus of South American and Central American tangled nest spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1915.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species:^[2]

• Retiro crinitus (Simon, 1893) — Venezuela
• Retiro fulvipes (Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
• Retiro granadensis (Keyserling, 1878) — Colombia
• Retiro gratus (Bryant, 1948) — Hispaniola
• Retiro lanceolatus (Vellard, 1924) — Brazil
• Retiro maculatus Mello-Leitão, 1915 — Brazil
• Retiro nigronotatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 — Brazil
• Retiro plagiatus (Simon, 1893) — Venezuela
• Retiro procerulus (Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
• Retiro quitensis (Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
• Retiro rhombifer (Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
• Retiro roberti (Reimoser, 1939) — Costa Rica

Notes and References

1. Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1915. Alguns generos e especies novas de araneidos do Brasil.. Brotéria (Ser. Zool.). 129–142. 13.
2. Web site: Gen. Retiro Mello-Leitão, 1915. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-05. Natural History Museum Bern.