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Josa (spider)

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Josa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Josa
Keyserling, 1891[1]
Type species
J. lutea (Keyserling, 1878)
Species

15, see text

Synonyms[1]

Josa is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1891.[4][page needed] It is a senior synonym of "Gayenella", "Haptisus", "Olbophthalmus",[2] and "Pelayo".[3]

Species

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Josa Keyserling, 1891". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. ^ a b c d Ramírez, M. J. (2003). "The spider subfamily Amaurobioidinae (Araneae, Anyphaenidae): a phylogenetic revision at the generic level". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 277: 1–262. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2003)277<0001:TSSAAA>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/445. S2CID 84027902.
  3. ^ a b Brescovit, A. D. (1993). "Lepajan, um gênero novo de aranhas neotropicais e sinonímia de Pelayo Pickard-Cambridge com Josa Keyserling (Araneae, Anyphaenidae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (in Portuguese). 37: 129. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000500001.
  4. ^ Keyserling, E. (1891). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Brasilianische Spinnen. Nuremberg: Verlag von Bauer & Raspe (E. Küster). Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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