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Cyclosa bifurcata

Classification

Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Araneidae

Cyclosa bifurcata is a species of spider in the orb-weaver family Araneidae, found in South America (Costa Rica, Hispaniola to Argentina). (Cyclosa bifurcata Kishida, 1931 is a different species, now regarded as a synonym of Cyrtophora exanthematica.) Taxonomy The species was first described by Charles Walckenaer in 1841 as Epeira bifurcata.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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