''Viracucha'' is a
genus
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of
South America
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n
wandering spiders first described by
Pekka T. Lehtinen
Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated.
Biography
Lehtinen was born on 5 April ...
in 1967.
Species
, ''Viracucha'' contained seven species:
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Viracucha andicola''
(Simon, 1906) – Bolivia
*''
Viracucha exilis''
( Mello-Leitão, 1936) – Brazil
*''
Viracucha mammifer''
[Arizala, Stephany, Facundo Martin Labarque, and Daniele Polotow. "Revision of the Neotropical spider genus Acanthoctenus (Araneae: Ctenidae: Acanthocteninae)." ''Zootaxa'' 4920.1 (2021): 1-55.] – Brazil
*''
Viracucha misionesicus''
(Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Argentina
*''
Viracucha paraguayensis''
(Strand
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Topography
*The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Beach
** Shoreline
* Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places Africa
* Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
* ...
, 1909) – Brazil, Paraguay
*''
Viracucha ridleyi''
( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Brazil
*''
Viracucha silvicola''
(Soares & Soares, 1946) – Brazil
References
Araneomorphae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
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