Moreno
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Moreno
Mello-Leitão, 1940[1]
Type species
M. morenoi
Mello-Leitão, 1940
Species

6, see text

Moreno is a genus of South American long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1940.[2]

Species

As of August 2022 it contains six species, found only in Argentina and Chile:[1]

  • Moreno chacabuco Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
  • Moreno chivato Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
  • Moreno grande Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
  • Moreno morenoi Mello-Leitão, 1940 (type) – Argentina
  • Moreno neuquen Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Argentina
  • Moreno ramirezi Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Argentina

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Moreno Mello-Leitão, 1940". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1940). "Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires y de las gobernaciones de La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro y Chubut". Sección Zoología. Revista del Museo de La Plata. New Series. 2: 3–62.


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