Rubrepeira rubronigra (Mello-Leitão, 1939) is a animal in the Araneidae family, order Araneae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Rubrepeira rubronigra (Mello-Leitão, 1939)

Rubrepeira rubronigra (Mello-Leitão, 1939)

Rubrepeira rubronigra is the only species in the orb-weaver spider genus Rubrepeira, found from Mexico to Brazil.

Family
Genus
Rubrepeira
Order
Araneae
Class
Arachnida

About Rubrepeira rubronigra (Mello-Leitão, 1939)

Rubrepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that contains only one species: Rubrepeira rubronigra. This species was originally described under this basionym by Mello-Leitão in 1939. The genus Rubrepeira was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1992, and the species Rubrepeira rubronigra has been recorded in regions ranging from Mexico to Brazil.

Photo: (c) Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, all rights reserved, uploaded by Dr. Alexey Yakovlev

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneidae Rubrepeira

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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