Quemedice
Genus of spiders
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Quemedice is a genus of South American huntsman spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1942.[2] As of September 2019[update] it contains two species, found in Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil: Q. enigmaticus and Q. piracuruca.[1] Originally placed with the Philodromidae,[2] it was moved to the Sparassidae in 2008.[3]
| Quemedice | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Quemedice Mello-Leitão, 1942[1] |
| Type species | |
| Q. enigmaticus Mello-Leitão, 1942 | |
| Species | |