Tupigea Explained

Tupigea is a genus of Brazilian cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species, found only in Brazil:^[2]

• Tupigea ale Huber, 2011 – Brazil
• Tupigea altiventer (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
• Tupigea angelim Huber, 2011 – Brazil
• Tupigea cantareira Machado, Yamamoto, Brescovit & Huber, 2007 – Brazil
• Tupigea guapia Huber, 2011 – Brazil
• Tupigea lisei Huber, 2000 (type) – Brazil
• Tupigea maza Huber, 2000 – Brazil
• Tupigea nadleri Huber, 2000 – Brazil
• Tupigea paula Huber, 2000 – Brazil
• Tupigea penedo Huber, 2011 – Brazil
• Tupigea sicki Huber, 2000 – Brazil
• Tupigea teresopolis Huber, 2000 – Brazil

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

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. 2246/1601. free.
2. Gen. Tupigea Huber, 2000. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.