Witica (spider)
Genus of spiders
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Witica is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1895.[2].[1]
| Witica | |
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| W. crassicauda | |
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| W. crassicauda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Witica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| W. crassicauda (Keyserling, 1865) | |
| Species | |
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2, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
As of January 2026[update], this genus includes two species:[1]
- Witica cayanus (Taczanowski, 1873) – Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Witica crassicauda (Keyserling, 1865) – Mexico to Peru
