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Micrathena horrida

Classification

Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Araneidae

Micrathena horrida is a species of orb weaver spider in the genus Micrathena. It has a wide distribution from the Greater Antilles and Mexico to Argentina. Taxonomy The species was first described by Taczanowski in 1873 as Acrosoma horrida from a female specimen collected in French Guiana.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Peru · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Helio Lourencini, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Helio Lourencini · CC-BY DescriptionMicrathena horrida, Wikipedia contributors

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