Azilia

Azilia
A. affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Azilia Keyserling, 1881
Type species
A. formosa Keyserling, 1881
Species
11, see text
Synonyms
Arochoides Mello-Leitão, 1940 Cardimia Mello-Leitão, 1940

Azilia is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of Cardimia.

Species

As of March 2021^[update] it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in the United States:

• Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 – USA to Panama
• Azilia boudeti Simon, 1895 – Brazil
• Azilia eximia (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil
• Azilia formosa Keyserling, 1881 (type) – Peru
• Azilia guatemalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 – Central America to Peru, St. Vincent
• Azilia histrio Simon, 1895 – Brazil
• Azilia integrans (Mello-Leitão, 1935) — Brazil
• Azilia marmorata Mello-Leitão, 1948 – Guyana
• Azilia montana Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
• Azilia rojasi Simon, 1895 – Venezuela
• Azilia vachoni (Caporiacco, 1954) – French Guiana

In synonymy:

• A. mexicana Banks, 1898 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
• A. vagepicta Simon, 1895 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893

Formerly placed here

• Azilia leucostigma Mello-Leitão, 1941– now in Galianoella

References