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Genus: Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886 | Family: Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881

Wendilgarda clara Keyserling, 1886

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009003

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Described:

Distribution: Caribbean, Guatemala to Ecuador and Brazil

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK f - (Coddington, 1986)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f of Wendilgarda theridionina - (Coddington, 1986)
Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 21m 17f of Wendilgarda theridionina - (Coddington, 1986)
Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA f of Wendilgarda panamica - (Coddington, 1986)
Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA m of Wendilgarda hassleri - (Coddington, 1986)
Allotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA f of Wendilgarda hassleri - (Archer, 1953)

Taxonomic References

Wendilgarda clara Keyserling, 1886b: 132, pl. 15, f. 210 (Df) Original description

Vendilgarda theridionina Simon, 1895a: 919, f. 986 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042193]

Wendilgarda theridionina Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 297, f. 162-167 (mf)

Wendilgarda panamica Archer, 1953: 15, f. 23 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042192]

Wendilgarda hassleri Archer, 1953: 16, f. 24, 28 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042190]

Wendilgarda clara Archer, 1953: 16, f. 27 (m)

Wendilgarda theridionina Archer, 1953: 16, f. 29-30 (mf)

Wendilgarda clara Brignoli, 1972c: 376, f. 25, 29 (f)

Wendilgarda clara Coddington, 1986: 88, f. 196-198, 201-202, 212-217 (mf, S of Wendilgarda hassleri, W. panamica and W. theridionina)

Wendilgarda clara Labarque et al., 2025: 130, f. 7A-C, 61A-F, 62A-D (mf)

References

Archer, A. F. (1953). Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 3. American Museum Novitates 1622: 1-27. -- Show included taxa

Brignoli, P. M. (1972c). Sur quelques araignées cavernicoles d'Argentine, Uruguay, Brésil et Venezuela récoltées par le Dr P. Strinati (Arachnida, Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 79(1): 361-385. -- Show included taxa

Coddington, J. A. (1986). The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 422: 1-96. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1886b). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. II. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 295 pp., pl. 11-21. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Labarque, F. M., Piacentini, L. N., Pons, J., Hormiga, G., Arnedo, M. A. & Ramírez, M. J. (2025). Ray spider rush: fast-tracking integrative taxonomy in Panama's cloud forests. European Journal of Taxonomy 1010: 1-145. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1010.3021 -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1930a). The spiders of Porto Rico. Part two. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 30: 159-356. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-08-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Labarque et al., 2025