Wendilgarda Explained

Wendilgarda is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.^[1]

Species

it contains fourteen species and one subspecies, found in Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, São Tomé and Príncipe, Brazil, and Mexico:^[2]

• Wendilgarda assamensis Fage, 1924 – India, China
• Wendilgarda atricolor (Simon, 1907) – São Tomé and Príncipe
• Wendilgarda clara Keyserling, 1886 – Caribbean, Guatemala to Brazil
• Wendilgarda galapagensis Archer, 1953 – Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
• Wendilgarda housaiyuae Lin & Li, 2022 – China
• Wendilgarda liliwensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Wendilgarda mexicana Keyserling, 1886 (type) – Mexico, Central America, Cuba
• Wendilgarda muji Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
• Wendilgarda mustelina Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent
  • Wendilgarda m. arnouxi Lopez & Emerit, 1986 – Guadeloupe
• Wendilgarda nigra Keyserling, 1886 – Brazil
• Wendilgarda nipponica Shinkai, 2009 – Japan
• Wendilgarda panjanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
• Wendilgarda ruficeps Suzuki, 2019 – Japan
• Wendilgarda sinensis Zhu & Wang, 1992 – China

Formerly included:

• W. bicolor Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Plato)
• W. coddingtoni Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001 (Transferred to Karstia)
• W. guacharo Brignoli, 1972 (Transferred to Plato)
• W. miranda Brignoli, 1972 (Transferred to Plato)

See also

• List of Theridiosomatidae species

Further reading

• Coddington. J. A.. 1986. The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1–96. 422. 422. 10.5479/si.00810282.422.
• Archer. A. F.. 1953. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 3. American Museum Novitates. 1–27. 1622.
• Book: Song. D. X.. Zhu. M. S.. Chen. J.. 1999. The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang. 640.
• Lopez. A.. Emerit. M.. 1986. Wendilgarda mustelina arnouxi n. ssp et la glande labio-sternale des Theridiosomatidae (Araneae). Mémoires de Biospéologie. 67–76. 12.

Notes and References

1. Book: Keyserling, E.. 1886. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. 1–295. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 2, .. 10.5962/bhl.title.64832. Eugen von Keyserling.
2. Gen. Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886. World Spider Catalog Version 24.0. 2023-02-20. 2023. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.