Allende (spider)

Allende is a genus of South American long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by F. Álvarez-Padilla in 2007.

Species

it contains four species, found in Argentina and Chile:

• Allende longipes <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small> – Chile, Argentina
• Allende nigrohumeralis <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899)</small> – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is., mainland), Chile, Argentina
• Allende patagiatus <small>(Simon, 1901)</small> – Chile, Argentina
• Allende puyehuensis <small>Álvarez-Padilla, 2007</small> (type) – Chile

In synonymy:

• A. aurora <small>(Simon, 1901)</small> = Allende longipes <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small>
• A. chilensis <small>(Tullgren, 1902)</small> = Allende longipes <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small>
• A. cordillera <small>(Tullgren, 1902)</small> = Allende longipes <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small>
• A. echinatus <small>(Tullgren, 1902)</small> = Allende patagiatus <small>(Simon, 1901)</small>
• A. porteri <small>(Simon, 1900)</small> = Allende nigrohumeralis <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899)</small>
• A. tortus <small>(Tullgren, 1902)</small> = Allende longipes <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small>

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