Bertrana
Genus of spiders
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Bertrana is a genus of Central and South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884.[3] It includes some of the smallest known araneid orb-weavers.[4][5] Bertrana striolata females are 4.5 mm long or less.[4][5] The eight eyes are in two rows. The abdomen is white on top and on the sides, with multiple hieroglyphic-like lines and bars of many different shapes and length. In females, these are red, in males, black.[6]
| Bertrana | |
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| Bertrana striolata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Bertrana Keyserling, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. striolata Keyserling, 1884 | |
| Species | |
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12, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains twelve species:[1]
- Bertrana abbreviata (Keyserling, 1879) – Colombia
- Bertrana arena Levi, 1989 – Costa Rica
- Bertrana benuta Levi, 1994 – Colombia
- Bertrana elinguis (Keyserling, 1883) – Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, French Guiana
- Bertrana laselva Levi, 1989 – Costa Rica
- Bertrana nancho Levi, 1989 – Peru
- Bertrana planada Levi, 1989 – Colombia, Ecuador
- Bertrana poa Levi, 1994 – Ecuador
- Bertrana rufostriata Simon, 1893 – Venezuela, Brazil
- Bertrana striolata Keyserling, 1884 – Costa Rica to Argentina
- Bertrana urahua Levi, 1994 – Ecuador
- Bertrana vella Levi, 1989 – Panama, Colombia
