Moreno (spider)
| Moreno | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Moreno Mello-Leitão, 1940[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. morenoi Mello-Leitão, 1940
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| Species | |
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6, see text | |
Moreno is a genus of South American long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940.[2]
Species
[edit]As of August 2022[update] it contains six species, found only in Argentina and Chile:[1]
- Moreno chacabuco Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
- Moreno chivato Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
- Moreno grande Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
- Moreno morenoi Mello-Leitão, 1940 (type) – Argentina
- Moreno neuquen Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Argentina
- Moreno ramirezi Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Argentina
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Moreno Mello-Leitão, 1940". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1940). "Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires y de las gobernaciones de La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro y Chubut". Sección Zoología. Revista del Museo de La Plata. New Series. 2: 3–62.