Bertrana

Bertrana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Bertrana
Keyserling, 1884
Species

See text.

Diversity
12 species

Bertrana is a spider genus that occurs from Central to South America. It includes some of the smallest known araneid orb-weavers.[1][2] Bertrana striolata females are 4.5 mm long or less.[1][2] The eight eyes are in two rows. The abdomen is white on top and on the sides, with multiple hieroglyphic-like lines and bars of many differente shapes and length. In females, these are red, in males, black.

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Levi, H.W. (1989). "The Neotropical orb-weaver genera Epeiroides, Bertrana, and Amazonepeira (Araneae: Araneidae).". Psyche. doi:10.1155/1989/65890.
  2. 1 2 Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Carrazco, I. (2016). "First record of Bertrana striolata (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae) in Amazonian Ecuador". Peerj Preprints. doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.2242v1.
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