Spinepeira Levi, 1995

Díaz-Guevara, David R. & Dupérré, Nadine, 2025, A web of canopy discoveries part I (Araneae: Araneidae). New astonishing species of orb-weaving spiders from Ecuador and the first country record of Pozonia Schenkel, 1953, Zootaxa 5660 (4), pp. 587-595 : 588

Genus Spinepeira Levi, 1995

Type species. Spinepeira schlingeri Levi, 1995

Diagnosis. Females Spinepeira species can be distinguished from other Araneidae genera by the combination of the following characteristics: posterior eye row procuved; carapace without modifications; one anterior median tubercle, a pair of dorsal projections, two posterior median tubercles ( Levi 1995: figs 16, 17) and short scape 2x wider than long ( Fig. 2D, E ).

Distribution. Ecuador and Peru.

Composition. Spinepeira erwini sp. nov., S. schlingeri Levi, 1995 .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Spinepeira erwini sp. nov. A, Female holotype habitus, dorsal view. B, same ventral view. C, same lateral view. D, epigynum ventral view. E, same posterior view cleared. Scale bar A–C = 1.0 mm; D–E = 0.1mm. Abbreviations: S, Spermathecae; FD, Fertilization duct.