''Aysha'' 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 anyphaenid sac spiders first described by

Eugen von Keyserling Eugen von Keyserling (22 March 1833 in Pockroy, Lithuania – 4 April 1889 in Dzierżoniów, Silesia Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czec ...

in 1891. They are often called "sac spiders" because of the dwellings that they create for themselves to take shelter in. As is true with most other spiders, the pedipalps of the males are much larger than those of the females. They are found throughout South America up to Panama.

Species

it contains forty-one species: *'' Aysha affinis'' (Blackwall, 1862) – Brazil *'' Aysha albovittata'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha basilisca'' (Mello-Leitão, 1922) – Brazil *'' Aysha bonaldoi'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha boraceia'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha borgmeyeri'' (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha brevimana'' (C. L. Koch, 1839) – Brazil *'' Aysha caxambuensis'' (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina *'' Aysha chicama'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha clarovittata'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha curumim'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha diversicolor'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *'' Aysha ericae'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha fortis'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *'' Aysha guaiba'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha guarapuava'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha helvola'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *'' Aysha heraldica'' (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil *'' Aysha insulana'' Chickering, 1937 – Panama *'' Aysha janaita'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha lagenifera'' (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Argentina *'' Aysha lisei'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha marinonii'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina *'' Aysha montenegro'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha piassaguera'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha pirassununga'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha proseni'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha prospera'' Keyserling, 1891 – Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina *'' Aysha robusta'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *'' Aysha rubromaculata'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha strandi'' (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana *'' Aysha striolata'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *'' Aysha subruba'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *'' Aysha taeniata'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *'' Aysha taim'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha tapejara'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha tertulia'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha triunfo'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha vacaria'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil *'' Aysha yacupoi'' Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina *'' Aysha zenzesi'' (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Brazil, Argentina

References

Anyphaenidae Spiders of Central America Spiders of South America Anyphaenidae genera Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling {{Anyphaenidae-stub