Wendilgarda

Wendilgarda is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.^[3]

Wendilgarda
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiosomatidae
Genus:	Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886[1]
Type species
W. mexicana Keyserling, 1886
Species
13, see text
Synonyms[1]
Cyathidea Simon, 1907[2] Enthorodera Simon, 1907[2]

Species

As of February 2023^[update] it contains fourteen species and one subspecies, found in Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, São Tomé and Príncipe, Brazil, and Mexico:^[1]

• Wendilgarda assamensis Fage, 1924 – India, China
• Wendilgarda atricolor (Simon, 1907) – São Tomé and Príncipe
• Wendilgarda clara Keyserling, 1886 – Caribbean, Guatemala to Brazil
• Wendilgarda galapagensis Archer, 1953 – Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
• Wendilgarda housaiyuae Lin & Li, 2022 – China
• Wendilgarda liliwensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Wendilgarda mexicana Keyserling, 1886 (type) – Mexico, Central America, Cuba
• Wendilgarda muji Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China
• Wendilgarda mustelina Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent
  • Wendilgarda m. arnouxi Lopez & Emerit, 1986 – Guadeloupe
• Wendilgarda nigra Keyserling, 1886 – Brazil
• Wendilgarda nipponica Shinkai, 2009 – Japan
• Wendilgarda panjanensis Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
• Wendilgarda ruficeps Suzuki, 2019 – Japan
• Wendilgarda sinensis Zhu & Wang, 1992 – China

Formerly included:

• W. bicolor Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Plato)
• W. coddingtoni Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001 (Transferred to Karstia)
• W. guacharo Brignoli, 1972 (Transferred to Plato)
• W. miranda Brignoli, 1972 (Transferred to Plato)

See also

• List of Theridiosomatidae species