Goeldia is a genus of spiders that occur in Central to South America. It was first described by Keyserling in 1891. One species, Goeldia funesta, has been introduced to the United States.
Species
it contains eighteen species:
- Goeldia bagumbubu <small>Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024</small> - Brazil
- Goeldia chinipensis <small>Leech, 1972</small> - Mexico
- Goeldia diva <small>Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024</small> - Brazil
- Goeldia funesta <small>Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024</small> - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Introduced to USA
- Goeldia gauderio <small>Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024</small> - Brazil
- Goeldia goytacazes <small>Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024</small> - Brazil
- Goeldia guayaquilensis <small>(Schmidt, 1971)</small> - Ecuador, Peru
- Goeldia leechi <small>Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024</small> - Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina
- Goeldia luteipes <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> - Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
- Goeldia mexicana <small>(O. P.-Cambridge, 1896)</small> - Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama
- Goeldia mirim <small>Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024</small> - Brazil
- Goeldia nigra <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1917)</small> - Brazil, Argentina
- Goeldia obscura <small>(Keyserling, 1878)</small> - Colombia
- Goeldia patellaris <small>(Simon, 1892)</small> - Venezuela, Brazil
- Goeldia portenha <small>Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024</small> - Brazil, Argentina
- Goeldia tizamina (misplaced in Goeldia) <small>(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938)</small> - Mexico
- Goeldia utcuyacu <small>Almeida-Silva & Brescovit, 2024</small> - Peru
- Goeldia zyngierae <small>(Almeida-Silva, Brescovit & Dias, 2009)</small> - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
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