Wendilgarda

Wendilgarda is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.

Species

it contains fourteen species and one subspecies, found in Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, São Tomé and Príncipe, Brazil, and Mexico:

• Wendilgarda assamensis <small>Fage, 1924</small> – India, China
• Wendilgarda atricolor <small>(Simon, 1907)</small> – São Tomé and Príncipe
• Wendilgarda clara <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> – Caribbean, Guatemala to Brazil
• Wendilgarda galapagensis <small>Archer, 1953</small> – Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
• Wendilgarda housaiyuae <small>Lin & Li, 2022</small> – China
• Wendilgarda liliwensis <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – Philippines
• Wendilgarda mexicana <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> (type) – Mexico, Central America, Cuba
• Wendilgarda muji <small>Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009</small> – China
• Wendilgarda mustelina <small>Simon, 1898</small> – St. Vincent
• Wendilgarda m. arnouxi <small>Lopez & Emerit, 1986</small> – Guadeloupe
• Wendilgarda nigra <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> – Brazil
• Wendilgarda nipponica <small>Shinkai, 2009</small> – Japan
• Wendilgarda panjanensis <small>Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013</small> – China
• Wendilgarda ruficeps <small>Suzuki, 2019</small> – Japan
• Wendilgarda sinensis <small>Zhu & Wang, 1992</small> – China

Formerly included:

• W. bicolor <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> (Transferred to Plato)
• W. coddingtoni <small>Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001</small> (Transferred to Karstia)
• W. guacharo <small>Brignoli, 1972</small> (Transferred to Plato)
• W. miranda <small>Brignoli, 1972</small> (Transferred to Plato)

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