''Aljassa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
South America
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n
anyphaenid sac spiders first described by
Antônio Brescovit
Antônio Domingos Brescovit (born 1959) is a Brazilian arachnologist. His first name, Antônio (the spelling used in Brazil) may also be spelt António (the spelling used in Portugal). He develops academic activities at the 'arthropodae laboratori ...
in 1997.
Species
it contains five species:
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Aljassa annulipes''
(Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
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Aljassa notata''
(Keyserling, 1881) – Peru
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Aljassa poicila''
(Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
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Aljassa subpallida''
(L. Koch, 1866) – Colombia
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Aljassa venezuelica
''Aljassa'' is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Antônio Brescovit
Antônio Domingos Brescovit (born 1959) is a Brazilian arachnologist. His first name, Antônio (the spelling used in Brazil) may also be spel ...
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(Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
References
Anyphaenidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Antônio Brescovit
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