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Pretty Orbweaver

Eriophora nephiloides

Classification

Order
Araneae
Family
Araneidae

Eriophora nephiloides is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae first described in Biologia Centrali-Americana: Arachnida-Aranediea by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1889. Its recognized range is from Guatemala to Guayana, but has been documented as far south as Bolivia. Description Eriophora nephiloides is distinguished by a diamond-shaped abdomen with the rear subtriangle being elongated and pointed and the fore subtriangle being shorter and rounded.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 9