Tylorida ventralis
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| Big-bellied Tylorida | |
|---|---|
| female from the Philippines | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Tylorida |
| Species: | T. ventralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylorida ventralis (Thorell, 1877) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tylorida ventralis is a species of long-jawed orb weaver spider in the family Tetragnathidae. It has a wide distribution ranging from Pakistan and India to Japan, Taiwan, and New Guinea.[1]
The species was originally described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877 as Meta ventralis from specimens collected in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] It was subsequently placed in various genera including Argyroepeira, Leucauge, and Anopas before being transferred to Tylorida by Chrysanthus in 1975.[3]
Two former species, Leucauge pondae Tikader, 1970 and Leucauge sphenoida Wang, 1991, were synonymized with T. ventralis in 2002 and 2017 respectively.[4][5]