Wirada Explained

Wirada is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.^[1]

W. tovarensis is long. W. punctata males have a body length of, while females have a body length of .^[2]

Species

it contains six species, found in South America and Mexico:^[3]

Wirada araucaria Lise, Silva & Bertoncello, 2009 – Brazil
Wirada mexicana Campuzano & Ibarra-Núñez, 2018 – Mexico
Wirada punctata Keyserling, 1886 (type) – Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
Wirada sigillata Lise, Silva & Bertoncello, 2009 – Brazil, Argentina
Wirada tijuca Levi, 1967 – Brazil
Wirada tovarensis Simon, 1895 – Venezuela

In synonymy:

W. rugithorax Simon, 1895 = Wirada punctata Keyserling, 1886

See also

List of Theridiidae species

Further reading

Book: Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. fr. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
Lise. A. A.. Silva. E. L. C. da. Bertoncello. L. A.. 2009. Two new species of the Neotropical spider genus Wirada Keyserling, 1886 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from southern Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 183–194. 44. 3. 10.1080/01650520903467403. 86655438.
Simon. E.. 1895. Etudes arachnologiques. 26e. XLI. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 131–160. 64.
Campuzano. E. F.. Ibarra-Núñez. G.. 2018. A new species of the spider genus Wirada (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Mexico, with taxonomic notes on the genus and a key to the species. Zootaxa. 495–500. 4457. 3. 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.3.13. 30314166.

Notes and References

Book: Keyserling, E.. 1886. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. 1–295. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. 10.5962/bhl.title.64832. Eugen_von_Keyserling.
Levi. H. W.. 1963. The spider genera Cerocida, Hetschkia, Wirada and Craspedisia (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 170–179. 70. 3. 10.1155/1963/85397. free.
Gen. Wirada Keyserling, 1886. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-07-16. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.