Azilia

Azilia is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of Cardimia.

Species

it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in the United States:

• Azilia affinis <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893</small> – USA to Panama
• Azilia boudeti <small>Simon, 1895</small> – Brazil
• Azilia eximia <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1940)</small> – Brazil
• Azilia formosa <small>Keyserling, 1881</small> (type) – Peru
• Azilia guatemalensis <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889</small> – Central America to Peru, St. Vincent
• Azilia histrio <small>Simon, 1895</small> – Brazil
• Azilia integrans <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1935)</small> — Brazil
• Azilia marmorata <small>Mello-Leitão, 1948</small> – Guyana
• Azilia montana <small>Bryant, 1940</small> – Cuba
• Azilia rojasi <small>Simon, 1895</small> – Venezuela
• Azilia vachoni <small>(Caporiacco, 1954)</small> – French Guiana

In synonymy:

• A. mexicana <small>Banks, 1898</small> = Azilia affinis <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893</small>
• A. vagepicta <small>Simon, 1895</small> = Azilia affinis <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893</small>

Formerly placed here

• Azilia leucostigma <small>Mello-Leitão, 1941</small>– now in Galianoella

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