''Micrepeira'' 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
orb-weaver spiders first described by E. Schenkel in 1953.
Species
it contains seven species:
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Micrepeira albomaculata''
Schenkel, 1953 – Venezuela
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Micrepeira fowleri''
Levi
Levi ( ; ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelites, Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron ...
, 1995 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
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Micrepeira hoeferi''
Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil, French Guiana
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Micrepeira pachitea''
Levi, 1995 – Peru
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Micrepeira smithae''
Levi, 1995 – Suriname
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Micrepeira tubulofaciens''
(Hingston, 1932) – Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana
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Micrepeira velso''
Levi, 1995 – Costa Rica
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of South America
Spiders of the Caribbean
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