''Parabatinga'' is a
monotypic genus of
South American
wandering spiders containing the single species, ''Parabatinga brevipes''. It was first described by D. Polotow &
Antônio Brescovit in a 2009 revision of ''
Isoctenus
''Isoctenus'' is a genus of South American Ctenidae, wandering spiders first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1880.
Species
it contains fifteen species found in Brazil and Argentina:
*''Isoctenus areia'' Polotow & Antônio Brescovit, Brescovit, ...
'', naming ''Ctenus brevipes'' as the female holotype and ''Ctenus taeniatus'' as the male holotype.
They are found in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
,
Brazil,
Bolivia
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,
Paraguay,
Argentina, and
Uruguay.
The name is derived from the
Tupian "paraba", meaning "spot", and "tinga", meaning white, referring to the white spots found on the ventral part of the abdomen.
References
Ctenidae
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Antônio Brescovit
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