Mastophora (spider)

Mastophora
M. phrynosoma female from Virginia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Araneidae
Genus:Mastophora
Holmberg, 1876[1]

Mastophora is a genus of spider in the family Araneidae, found in the Americas.

Species

M. bisaccata egg sacs
M. phrynosoma egg sac

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Mastophora abalosi Urtubey & Báez, 1983 – Argentina
  • Mastophora alachua Levi, 2003 – USA
  • Mastophora alvareztoroi Ibarra & Jiménez, 2003 – USA, Mexico
  • Mastophora apalachicola Levi, 2003 – USA
  • Mastophora archeri Gertsch, 1955 – USA
  • Mastophora bisaccata (Emerton, 1884) – USA, Mexico
  • Mastophora brescoviti Levi, 2003 – Brazil
  • Mastophora caesariata Eberhard & Levi, 2006 – Costa Rica
  • Mastophora carpogaster Mello-Leitão, 1925 – Brazil
  • Mastophora catarina Levi, 2003 – Brazil
  • Mastophora comma Báez & Urtubey, 1985 – Argentina
  • Mastophora conica Levi, 2006 – Argentina
  • Mastophora conifera (Holmberg, 1876) – Argentina
  • Mastophora cornigera (Hentz, 1850) – USA to Nicaragua
  • Mastophora corpulenta (Banks, 1898) – Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil
  • Mastophora corumbatai Levi, 2003 – Brazil
  • Mastophora cranion Mello-Leitão, 1928 – Brazil
  • Mastophora diablo Levi, 2003 – Argentina
  • Mastophora dizzydeani Eberhard, 1981 – Colombia, Peru
  • Mastophora escomeli Levi, 2003 – Peru
  • Mastophora extraordinaria Holmberg, 1876 (type species) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
  • Mastophora fasciata Reimoser, 1939 – Costa Rica, Venezuela
  • Mastophora felda Levi, 2003 – USA
  • Mastophora felis Piza, 1976 – Brazil
  • Mastophora gasteracanthoides (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
  • Mastophora haywardi Birabén, 1946 – Argentina
  • Mastophora holmbergi Canals, 1931 – Paraguay, Argentina
  • Mastophora hutchinsoni Gertsch, 1955 – USA, Canada
  • Mastophora lara Levi, 2003 – Venezuela
  • Mastophora leucabulba (Gertsch, 1955) – USA to Honduras
  • Mastophora leucacantha (Simon, 1897) – Brazil
  • Mastophora longiceps Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Brazil
  • Mastophora melloleitaoi Canals, 1931 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Mastophora obtusa Mello-Leitão, 1936 – Brazil
  • Mastophora pesqueiro Levi, 2003 – Brazil
  • Mastophora phrynosoma Gertsch, 1955 – USA
  • Mastophora pickeli Mello-Leitão, 1931 – Brazil
  • Mastophora piras Levi, 2003 – Brazil
  • Mastophora rabida Levi, 2003 – Galapagos Is.
  • Mastophora reimoseri Levi, 2003 – Paraguay
  • Mastophora satan Canals, 1931 – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
  • Mastophora satsuma Levi, 2003 – USA
  • Mastophora seminole Levi, 2003 – USA
  • Mastophora soberiana Levi, 2003 – Panama
  • Mastophora stowei Levi, 2003 – USA
  • Mastophora timuqua Levi, 2003 – USA
  • Mastophora vaquera Gertsch, 1955 – Cuba
  • Mastophora yacare Levi, 2003 – Uruguay
  • Mastophora yeargani Levi, 2003 – USA
  • Mastophora ypiranga Levi, 2003 – Brazil

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Mastophora Holmberg, 1876", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-12


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