''Neopisinus'' is a

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comb-footed spiders Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 spec ...

that was first described by M. A. L. Marques, E. H. Buckup & E. N. L. Rodrigues in 2011.

Species

it contains nine species, found in South America, the Caribbean, the

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, and

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: *'' Neopisinus bigibbosus'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) –

*'' Neopisinus bruneoviridis'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1948) – Panama, Trinidad to Brazil *'' Neopisinus cognatus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) – USA to Peru,

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*'' Neopisinus fiapo'' Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011 (

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) – Brazil *'' Neopisinus gratiosus'' (Bryant, 1940) –

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*'' Neopisinus longipes'' (

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, 1884) –

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, Brazil *'' Neopisinus putus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico to Panama *'' Neopisinus recifensis'' (

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, 1964) – Brazil *'' Neopisinus urucu'' Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011 – Brazil

References

Theridiidae genera Spiders of North America Spiders of South America Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

Species

See also

References