Dipoena santacatarinae is a species of araneomorphae spider in the family Theridiidae.
| Dipoena santacatarinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Dipoena |
| Species: | D. santacatarinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Dipoena santacatarinae Levi, 1963
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Description
editThe male holotype measures 1.3 millimetres (0.051 in) and the female paratype 1.7 millimetres (0.067 in).[1]
Etymology
editThe name of the species comes from the place of its discovery, Santa Catarina.[1]
Distribution
editThe species is endemic to Brazil. It is found in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Levi, 1963 : American spiders of the genera Audifia, Euryopis and Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 129, No. 2, p. 121-185 ([1])
- ^ Rodrigues, 2013 : Six new species, complementary descriptions and new records from the Neotropical region of the spider genus Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae). Zootaxa, No. 3750, p. 1-25
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