Hetschkia is a monotypic genus of Brazilian comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Hetschkia gracilis. It was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886,[2] and is found in Brazil.[1]

Hetschkia
female H. gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Hetschkia
Keyserling, 1886[1]
Species:
H. gracilis
Binomial name
Hetschkia gracilis

Females have a body length of 2.2 millimetres (0.087 in).[3]

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Hetschkia Keyserling, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  2. ^ Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. pp. 1–295. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.
  3. ^ Levi, H. W. (1963). "The spider genera Cerocida, Hetschkia, Wirada and Craspedisia (Araneae: Theridiidae)" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 70 (3): 7–13. doi:10.1155/1963/85397. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-26.