Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea
Familia: Tetragnathidae
Subfamilia: Leucauginae
Genus: Azilia
Species: A. affinis – A. boudeti – A. eximia – A. formosa – A. guatemalensis – A. histrio – A. marmorata – A. montana – A. rojasi – A. vachoni
Name
Azilia Keyserling, 1881
Type species: Azilia formosa Keyserling, 1881, by monotypy
Synonyms
Cardimia Mello-Leitão, 1940
Type species: Cardimia eximia Mello-Leitão, 1940, by monotypy
References
Keyserling, E. 1881. Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III. Verhandlungen der zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 31: 269–314 [270].
Platnick, N.I. 2009. Gen. Azilia Keyserling, 1881. The World Spider Catalog, version 17.5. American Museum of Natural History.
Azilia is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881.[3] It is a senior synonym of Cardimia.[2]
Species
As of March 2021 it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in the United States:[1]
Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 – USA to Panama
Azilia boudeti Simon, 1895 – Brazil
Azilia eximia (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil
Azilia formosa Keyserling, 1881 (type) – Peru
Azilia guatemalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 – Central America to Peru, St. Vincent
Azilia histrio Simon, 1895 – Brazil
Azilia integrans (Mello-Leitão, 1935) — Brazil
Azilia marmorata Mello-Leitão, 1948 – Guyana
Azilia montana Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
Azilia rojasi Simon, 1895 – Venezuela
Azilia vachoni (Caporiacco, 1954) – French Guiana
In synonymy:
A. mexicana Banks, 1898 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
A. vagepicta Simon, 1895 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
Formerly placed here
Azilia leucostigma Mello-Leitão, 1941– now in Galianoella
See also
List of Tetragnathidae species
References
"Gen. Azilia Keyserling, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
Levi, H. W. (2002). "Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas". Journal of Arachnology. 30: 562.
Keyserling, E. (1881). "Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 31: 269–314.
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