Rubrepeira rubronigra (Mello-Leitão, 1939) is a animal in the Araneidae family, order Araneae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Rubrepeira rubronigra (Mello-Leitão, 1939)
Rubrepeira rubronigra is the only species in the orb-weaver spider genus Rubrepeira, found from Mexico to Brazil.
Rubrepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that contains only one species: Rubrepeira rubronigra. This species was originally described under this basionym by Mello-Leitão in 1939. The genus Rubrepeira was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1992, and the species Rubrepeira rubronigra has been recorded in regions ranging from Mexico to Brazil.
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Argiope flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858)
Trichonephila senegalensis (Walckenaer, 1841)
Araneus thaddeus (Hentz, 1847)
Cyclosa oculata (Walckenaer, 1802)
Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz, 1847)
Gea heptagon (Hentz, 1850)
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