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

Azilia guatemalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013450

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama?

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1305.4.28.2371.30) - (Brescovit et al., 2025b)
Paralectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 5f (1305.4.28.2371.30a-e) - (Brescovit et al., 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Azilia guatemalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 12, pl. 3, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description

Azilia guatemalensis Keyserling, 1893: 267, pl 14, f. 198 (f)

Azilia guatemalensis Brescovit et al., 2025b: 201, f. 10a-g, 11a-g, 12a-g, 13a-f, 14a-d (mf)

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. (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

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1889d). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 1-56, pl. 1-8. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-12-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Brescovit et al., 2025b
2025-12-04	Species distribution update	Brescovit et al., 2025b	Old value