World Spider Catalog

Genus: Taczanowskia Keyserling, 1879 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Taczanowskia waska Díaz-Guevara, Bentley & Dupérré, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066754

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Described:

Distribution: Ecuador, Bolivia

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO-MECN), Quito, Ecuador f (AR 1700) - (Díaz-Guevara, Bentley & Dupérré, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Taczanowskia waska Díaz-Guevara, Bentley & Dupérré, 2026: 656, f. 1A-E, 2A-F, 3A-F, 4A-D, 5A, 6A (Df) Original description

References

Díaz-Guevara, D. R., Bentley, A. G. & Dupérré, N. (2026). "The Cordyceps spider": Taczanowskia waska sp. nov. (Araneae: Araneidae), a new spider species and a novel case of mimicry of an araneopathogenic fungus (Cordycipitaceae: Gibellula). Zootaxa 5760(5): 563-576. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5760.5.4 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Díaz-Guevara, Bentley & Dupérré, 2026
2026-03-04	New species inserted	Díaz-Guevara, Bentley & Dupérré, 2026

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