Iviraiva is a genus of South American tree trunk spiders that was first described by C. A. Rheims & Antônio Brescovit in 2004.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species: I. argentina and I. pachyura.[1]

Iviraiva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Hersiliidae
Genus: Iviraiva
Rheims & Brescovit, 2004[1]
Type species
I. pachyura
Species
  • I. argentina (Mello-Leitão, 1942) – Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
  • I. pachyura (Mello-Leitão, 1935) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay

References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Iviraiva Rheims & Brescovit, 2004". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  2. ^ Rheims, C. A.; Brescovit, A. D. (2004). "Revision and cladistic analysis of the spider family Hersiliidae (Arachnida, Araneae) with emphasis on Neotropical and Nearctic species". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 35 (2): 189–239. doi:10.1163/187631204788912355.