Molinaranea is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940.[2]
Species
As of April 2019 it contains seven species:[1]
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Molinaranea clymene (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
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Molinaranea fernandez Levi, 2001 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
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Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847) – Chile, Argentina, Juan Fernandez Is., Falkland Is.
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Molinaranea mammifera (Tullgren, 1902) – Chile
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Molinaranea phaethontis (Simon, 1896) – Chile, Argentina
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Molinaranea surculorum (Simon, 1896) – Chile
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Molinaranea vildav Levi, 2001 – Chile
References
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^ a b "Gen. Molinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
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^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1940). "Arañas de las islas Juan Fernandez, recogidas por el Señor R. Wagenknecht". Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 44: 236–239.