Pikelinia

Pikelinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Filistatidae
Genus:	Pikelinia; Mello-Leitão, 1946
Type species
	P. tambilloi; (Mello-Leitão, 1941)
Species
	21, see text
Synonyms
	Malalistata Mello-Leitão, 1946;

Pikelinia is a genus of South American crevice weavers that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1946.

Species

it contains 21 species:

Pikelinia aikewara Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016 – Brazil
Pikelinia arenicola Lise, Ferreira & Silva, 2010 – Brazil
Pikelinia brevipes (Keyserling, 1883) – Peru
Pikelinia carajas (Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016) – Brazil
Pikelinia colloncura Ramírez & Grismado, 1997 – Argentina
Pikelinia fasciata (Banks, 1902) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
Pikelinia floydmuraria Villarreal et al., 2026 – Colombia (Tolima)
Pikelinia jaminawa (Grismado & Ramírez, 2000) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
Pikelinia kiliani Müller, 1987 – Colombia
Pikelinia kolla Ramírez & Grismado, 1997 – Argentina
Pikelinia mahuell Ramírez & Grismado, 1997 – Argentina
Pikelinia mendensis (Mello-Leitão, 1920) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Pikelinia milloti (Zapfe, 1961) – Chile
Pikelinia pallida (Brescovit, Magalhaes & Cizauskas, 2016) – Brazil
Pikelinia patagonica (Mello-Leitão, 1938) – Argentina
Pikelinia puna Ramírez & Grismado, 1997 – Argentina
Pikelinia roigi Ramírez & Grismado, 1997 – Argentina
Pikelinia tambilloi (Mello-Leitão, 1941) (type) – Argentina
Pikelinia ticucho Ramírez & Grismado, 1997 – Argentina
Pikelinia uspallata Grismado, 2003 – Argentina
Pikelinia floydmuraria Villarreal, Delgado-Santa, González-Gómez, Rodríguez-Castro, Román, Agudelo & García, 2026 - Colombia
Pikelinia schiapelliae Ivan L. F. Magalhaes, Damián Hagopián, Álvaro Laborda, Alda González & Cristina L. Scioscia, 2024 - Argentina

References

1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Pikelinia Mello-Leitão, 1946". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
↑ Ramírez, M. J.; Grismado, C. J. (1997). "A review of the spider family Filistatidae in Argentina (Arachnida, Araneae), with a cladistic reanalysis of filistatid genera". Entomologica Scandinavica. 28 (3): 329. doi:10.1163/187631297X00114.
↑ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1946). "Notas sobre os Filistatidae e Pholcidae". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 18: 39–83.
1 2 3 Brescovit, Antonio D.; Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.; Cizauskas, Igor (2016). "Three new species of Misionella from northern Brazil (Araneae, Haplogynae, Filistatidae)". ZooKeys (589): 71–96. Bibcode:2016ZooK..589...71B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.589.7951. PMC 4926663. PMID 27408535.
↑ Lise, Arno A.; Ferreira, Ana Carla K.; Silva, Estevam L. Cruz Da (2010). "Description of a new species of Pikelinia (Araneae: Filistatidae) from Brazil, with notes on its ecology". Zootaxa. 2604 (1): 61–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2604.1.5.
↑ Villarreal, Osvaldo; Delgado-Santa, Leonardo; González-Gómez, Julio C.; Rodríguez-Castro, Germán A.; Román, Andrea C.; Agudelo, Esteban; García, Luís F. (2026). "Another web in the wall: A new Pikelinia Mello-Leitão, 1946 (Araneae, Filistatidae) from Colombia, with notes on its diet and description of the female genitalia of P. fasciata (Banks, 1902)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 102 (1): 357–366. doi:10.3897/zse.102.175423.
↑ Grismando, Christian J. (2003). "Description of Pikelinia uspallata sp. n., from Mendoza, Argentina (Araneae, Filistatidae)" (PDF). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. 8: 99–102.
↑ Villarreal, Osvaldo; Delgado-Santa, Leonardo; González-Gómez, Julio C.; Rodríguez-Castro, Germán A.; Román, Andrea C.; Agudelo, Esteban; García, Luís F. (2026). "Another web in the wall: A new Pikelinia Mello-Leitão, 1946 (Araneae, Filistatidae) from Colombia, with notes on its diet and description of the female genitalia of P. fasciata (Banks, 1902)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 102 (1): 357–366. doi:10.3897/zse.102.175423.
↑ Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.; Hagopián, Damián; Laborda, Álvaro; González, Alda; Scioscia, Cristina Luisa (2024). "Pikelinia schiapelliae, una nueva especie de araña de arenales de Argentina y Uruguay (Araneae: Filistatidae)" (PDF). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (in Spanish). 26 (2): 155–169. ISSN 1853-0400.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Pikelinia Mello-Leitão, 1946". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.

[Rami1997-2] Ramírez, M. J.; Grismado, C. J. (1997). "A review of the spider family Filistatidae in Argentina (Arachnida, Araneae), with a cladistic reanalysis of filistatid genera". Entomologica Scandinavica. 28 (3): 329. doi:10.1163/187631297X00114.

[Mell1946-3] Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1946). "Notas sobre os Filistatidae e Pholcidae". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 18: 39–83.

[Brescovit_et_al._2016-4] 1 2 3 Brescovit, Antonio D.; Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.; Cizauskas, Igor (2016). "Three new species of Misionella from northern Brazil (Araneae, Haplogynae, Filistatidae)". ZooKeys (589): 71–96. Bibcode:2016ZooK..589...71B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.589.7951. PMC 4926663. PMID 27408535.

[5] Lise, Arno A.; Ferreira, Ana Carla K.; Silva, Estevam L. Cruz Da (2010). "Description of a new species of Pikelinia (Araneae: Filistatidae) from Brazil, with notes on its ecology". Zootaxa. 2604 (1): 61–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2604.1.5.

[Villarreal2026-6] Villarreal, Osvaldo; Delgado-Santa, Leonardo; González-Gómez, Julio C.; Rodríguez-Castro, Germán A.; Román, Andrea C.; Agudelo, Esteban; García, Luís F. (2026). "Another web in the wall: A new Pikelinia Mello-Leitão, 1946 (Araneae, Filistatidae) from Colombia, with notes on its diet and description of the female genitalia of P. fasciata (Banks, 1902)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 102 (1): 357–366. doi:10.3897/zse.102.175423.

[7] Grismando, Christian J. (2003). "Description of Pikelinia uspallata sp. n., from Mendoza, Argentina (Araneae, Filistatidae)" (PDF). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. 8: 99–102.

[8] Villarreal, Osvaldo; Delgado-Santa, Leonardo; González-Gómez, Julio C.; Rodríguez-Castro, Germán A.; Román, Andrea C.; Agudelo, Esteban; García, Luís F. (2026). "Another web in the wall: A new Pikelinia Mello-Leitão, 1946 (Araneae, Filistatidae) from Colombia, with notes on its diet and description of the female genitalia of P. fasciata (Banks, 1902)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 102 (1): 357–366. doi:10.3897/zse.102.175423.

[9] Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.; Hagopián, Damián; Laborda, Álvaro; González, Alda; Scioscia, Cristina Luisa (2024). "Pikelinia schiapelliae, una nueva especie de araña de arenales de Argentina y Uruguay (Araneae: Filistatidae)" (PDF). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (in Spanish). 26 (2): 155–169. ISSN 1853-0400.