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Molinaranea

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Molinaranea
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Molinaranea
Mello-Leitão, 1940[1]
Type species
M. magellanica
(Walckenaer, 1847)
Species

7, see text

Molinaranea is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940.[2]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains seven species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Molinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1940). "Arañas de las islas Juan Fernandez, recogidas por el Señor R. Wagenknecht". Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 44: 236–239.