Ursa (spider)
Appearance
Ursa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Ursa Simon, 1895[1] |
Type species | |
U. pulchra Simon, 1895
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Species | |
5, see text |
Ursa is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2]
Species
[edit]As of April 2019[update] it contains five species:[1]
- Ursa flavovittata Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
- Ursa lunula (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
- Ursa pulchra Simon, 1895 (type) – Brazil
- Ursa turbinata Simon, 1895 – South Africa
- Ursa vittigera Simon, 1895 – Sri Lanka
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Ursa Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.