Alpaida machala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Araneini
Genus: Alpaida
Species: Alpaida machala

Name

Alpaida machala Levi, 1988

Type locality: Buenavista, 20 km SE of Machala, Prov. El Oro, Ecuador

Holotype ♀: CAS (1-20.XI.1942; R. Walls)

References

• Levi, H. W. 1988. The neotropical orb-weaving spiders of the genus Alpaida (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 151: 365–487. [470, f. 559-563 (D♀ only)]
• Muniz Poeta, M.R. & Lise, A.A. 2015. On the males of the orb-weaving spiders Alpaida nigrofrenata (Simon, 1895), A. machala Levi, 1988, and A. cisneros Levi, 1988 (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new synonymy. Zootaxa 4000(3): 397–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.3.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.