''Ursa'' 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
orb-weaver spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4 ...
in 1895.
Species
it contains five species:
* ''
Ursa flavovittata''
Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
* ''
Ursa lunula''
(Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
* ''
Ursa pulchra''
Simon, 1895 (
type
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) – Brazil
* ''
Ursa turbinata''
Simon, 1895 – South Africa
* ''
Ursa vittigera''
Simon, 1895 – Sri Lanka
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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