World Spider Catalog

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

Azilia esplendida Brescovit, Rodrigues, Álvarez-Padilla & Ott, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066557

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Colección Nacional de Arácnidos (CNAN), Institute of Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IBUNAM), Mexico City, Mexico m (T01626) - (Brescovit et al., 2025b)
Paratype: Colección Nacional de Arácnidos (CNAN), Institute of Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IBUNAM), Mexico City, Mexico 7m 4f (T 01625-01626, 01628, 01632-01633) - (Brescovit et al., 2025b)
Paratype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil 1m 1f (344623) - (Brescovit et al., 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Azilia esplendida Brescovit et al., 2025b: 228, f. 37a-i, 38a-d, 39a-f, 40a-f, 41a-f, 42a-e (Dmf) Original description

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

Edit History

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