''Aljassa'' is a
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 America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
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 spelled António (the spelling used in Portugal). He develops academic activities at the 'arthropodae laborat ...
in 1997.
Species
it contains five species:
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Aljassa annulipes''
(Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
*''
Aljassa notata''
(Keyserling, 1881) – Peru
*''
Aljassa poicila''
(Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
*''
Aljassa subpallida''
(L. Koch, 1866) – Colombia
*''
Aljassa venezuelica''
(Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
References
Anyphaenidae
Anyphaenidae genera
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Antônio Brescovit
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