''Goeldia'' is a

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spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

s that occur in Central to

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. It was first described by

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in 1891. One species, '' Goeldia funesta'', has been introduced to the

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Species

it contains eighteen species: * '' Goeldia bagumbubu'' Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil * '' Goeldia chinipensis'' Leech, 1972 - Mexico * '' Goeldia diva'' Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil * '' Goeldia funesta'' Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Introduced to USA * '' Goeldia gauderio'' Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil * '' Goeldia goytacazes'' Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil * '' Goeldia guayaquilensis'' (Schmidt, 1971) - Ecuador, Peru * '' Goeldia leechi'' Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina * '' Goeldia luteipes'' (Keyserling, 1891) - Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina * '' Goeldia mexicana'' (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896) - Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama * '' Goeldia mirim'' Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil * '' Goeldia nigra'' (Mello-Leitão, 1917) - Brazil, Argentina * '' Goeldia obscura'' (Keyserling, 1878) - Colombia * '' Goeldia patellaris'' (Simon, 1892) - Venezuela, Brazil * '' Goeldia portenha'' Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Brazil, Argentina * '' Goeldia tizamina'' ''(misplaced in Goeldia)'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938) - Mexico * '' Goeldia utcuyacu'' Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024 - Peru * '' Goeldia zyngierae'' (Almeida-Silva, Brescovit & Dias, 2009) - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

References

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