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''Epilineutes'' is a
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of South and Central American ray spiders containing the single species, ''Epilineutes globosus''. The genus was first described by
Jonathan A. Coddington Jonathan A. Coddington is an American museum scientist and biologist. From 2009 to 2014, he was the Associate Director for Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), located in Washington, D.C., United States. , he is th ...
in 1986. The single species was first described in 1896 under the name ''Andasta globosa'', but has also been referred to as ''Theridiosoma globosum''. It has been found in
Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
and
Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
.


See also

*
List of Theridiosomatidae species This page lists all described species of the spider family Theridiosomatidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog : A ''Andasta'' '' Andasta'' Simon, 1895 * '' A. benoiti'' (Roberts, 1978) — Seychelles * '' A. cyclosina'' Simon, 1901 — Mala ...


References

Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of Mexico Spiders of South America Theridiosomatidae {{Theridiosomatidae-stub