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| Retiro | |
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| Retiro sp. from Brazil | |
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| Retiro sp. from Colombia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Macrobunidae |
| Genus: | Retiro Mello-Leitão, 1915[1] |
| Type species | |
| R. maculatus Mello-Leitão, 1915 | |
| Species | |
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Retiro is a genus of South American and Central American spiders in the family Macrobunidae first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1915.[2]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes fourteen species:[1]
- Retiro crinitus (Simon, 1893) – Venezuela
- Retiro fulvipes (Simon, 1906) – Ecuador
- Retiro granadensis (Keyserling, 1878) – Colombia
- Retiro gratus (Bryant, 1948) – Dominican Republic
- Retiro lanceolatus (Vellard, 1924) – Brazil
- Retiro leonardi Rodríguez-Castro & Rodríguez, 2025 – Colombia
- Retiro maculatus Mello-Leitão, 1915 – Brazil (type species)
- Retiro nigronotatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
- Retiro plagiatus (Simon, 1893) – Venezuela
- Retiro procerulus (Simon, 1906) – Ecuador
- Retiro quitensis (Simon, 1906) – Ecuador
- Retiro rhombifer (Simon, 1906) – Ecuador
- Retiro roberti (Reimoser, 1939) – Costa Rica
- Retiro sabatoi Rodríguez-Castro & Rodríguez, 2025 – Colombia
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Retiro Mello-Leitão, 1915". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
- ↑ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1915). "Alguns generos e especies novas de araneidos do Brasil". Brotéria (Ser. Zool.). 13: 129–142.
External links
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