''Ciniflella'' 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
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n
false wolf spiders containing the single species, ''Ciniflella lutea''. It was first described by
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (July 17, 1886 – December 14, 1948) was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of Arachnida. He was als ...
in 1921,
and has only 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 ...
.
References
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Zoropsidae genera
Spiders of Brazil
Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Zoropsidae
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