Wirada

Wirada is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.^[2]

Wirada
female W. punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Wirada Keyserling, 1886[1]
Type species
W. punctata Keyserling, 1886
Species
6, see text

W. tovarensis is 1 millimetre (0.039 in) long. W. punctata males have a body length of 1.4 millimetres (0.055 in), while females have a body length of 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in).^[3]

Species

As of June 2020^[update] it contains six species, found in South America and Mexico:^[1]

• Wirada araucaria Lise, Silva & Bertoncello, 2009 – Brazil
• Wirada mexicana Campuzano & Ibarra-Núñez, 2018 – Mexico
• Wirada punctata Keyserling, 1886 (type) – Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
• Wirada sigillata Lise, Silva & Bertoncello, 2009 – Brazil, Argentina
• Wirada tijuca Levi, 1967 – Brazil
• Wirada tovarensis Simon, 1895 – Venezuela

In synonymy:

• W. rugithorax Simon, 1895 = Wirada punctata Keyserling, 1886

See also

• List of Theridiidae species