''Retiro'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
South America
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n and
Central America
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n
tangled nest spiders first described by
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (July 17, 1886 – December 14, 1948) was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the taxonomy of Arachnida. He was also involved with educ ...
in 1915.
Species
it contains twelve species:
*''Retiro crinitus''
(Simon, 1893) — Venezuela
*''Retiro fulvipes''
(Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
*''Retiro granadensis''
(Keyserling, 1878) — Colombia
*''Retiro gratus''
(Bryant, 1948) — Hispaniola
*''Retiro lanceolatus''
(Vellard, 1924) — Brazil
*''Retiro maculatus''
Mello-Leitão, 1915 — Brazil
*''Retiro nigronotatus''
Mello-Leitão, 1947 — Brazil
*''Retiro plagiatus''
(Simon, 1893) — Venezuela
*''Retiro procerulus''
(Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
*''Retiro quitensis''
(Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
*''Retiro rhombifer''
(Simon, 1906) — Ecuador
*''Retiro roberti''
(Reimoser, 1939) — Costa Rica
References
Amaurobiidae
Araneomorphae genera
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