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Genus: Micrathena Sundevall, 1833 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Micrathena bandeirante (Magalhaes & Santos, 2011)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044265

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil, Argentina

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Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019) Chaetacis bandeirante Magalhães & Santos, 2011, (14587); 1 f (destroyed by the fire 2018) -

Taxonomic References

Chaetacis bandeirante Magalhaes & Santos, 2011b: 49, f. 20-40 (Dmf) Original description

Micrathena bandeirante Magalhaes & Santos, 2012: 31 (T from Chaetacis)

References

Magalhaes, I. L. F. & Santos, A. J. (2011b). Two new species and taxonomic notes on the Neotropical spiny orb-weaving spiders Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae), with remaks on the development of Micrathena excavata. Zootaxa 2983: 39-56. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2983.1.3 -- Show included taxa

Magalhaes, I. L. F. & Santos, A. J. (2012). Phylogenetic analysis of Micrathena and Chaetacis spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) reveals multiple origins of extreme sexual size dimorphism and long abdominal spines. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166(1): 14-53. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00831.x -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2017-03-19	Species distribution update	Magalhães et al., 2017	Old value