''Nerudia'' is a
genus
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of South American
cellar spiders. It was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000,
and named in honour of Chilean poet
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...
. It is only found in
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
and
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
.
Species
it contains eleven species:
* ''
Nerudia atacama''
Huber, 2000 (
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) — Chile
* ''
Nerudia centaura''
Huber, 2023 — Argentina
* ''
Nerudia colina''
Huber, 2023 — Argentina
* ''
Nerudia flecha''
Huber, 2023 — Chile
* ''
Nerudia guirnalda''
Huber, 2023 — Argentina
* ''
Nerudia hoguera''
Huber, 2023 — Argentina
* ''
Nerudia nono''
Huber, 2023 — Argentina
* ''
Nerudia ola''
Huber, 2023 — Argentina
* ''
Nerudia poma''
Huber, 2023 — Argentina
* ''
Nerudia rocio''
Huber, 2023 — Argentina
* ''
Nerudia trigo''
Huber, 2023 — Argentina
See also
*
List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reprod ...
*
List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)
References
External links
*
Pholcidae
Spiders of South America
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