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Genus: Azilia Keyserling, 1881 | Family: Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866

Azilia formosa Keyserling, 1881

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013449

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Described:

Distribution: Peru, Brazil

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum and Institute of Zoology (MIZ), Polish Academy of Science (PAN), Warsaw, Poland f (lost) - (Brescovit et al., 2025b)
Neotype: Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (MUSM), Lima, Peru f (0519493) - (Brescovit et al., 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Azilia formosa Keyserling, 1881c: 271, pl. 11, f 2 (Df) Original description

Azilia formosa Keyserling, 1893: 268, pl. 14, f. 199 (f)

Azilia formosa Brescovit et al., 2025b: 190, f. 1a-h, 2a-j, 3a-f, 4a-f, 5a-f (Dm, f)

References

Brescovit, A. D., Rodrigues, E. N. L., Álvarez-Padilla, F. & Ott, R. (2025b). Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Azilia Keyserling, 1881 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Megataxa 18(1): 188-261. doi: 10.11646/megataxa.18.1.2 -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1881c). Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. III. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 31: 269-314, pl. 11. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1893). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. 4. Band. II. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, pp. 209-377, pl. 10-19. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- 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
2025-12-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Brescovit et al., 2025b
2025-12-04	Species distribution update	Brescovit et al., 2025b	Old value
2025-12-04	First description of male	Brescovit et al., 2025b	Old value