Montescueia is a monotypic genus of South American wandering spiders containing the single species, Montescueia leitaoi. The male was described by R. U. Carcavallo & A. Martínez in 1961,[2] but no female has been described yet. It has only been found in Argentina.[1]

Montescueia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Montescueia
Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961[1]
Species:
M. leitaoi
Binomial name
Montescueia leitaoi
Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Montescueia Carcavallo & Martínez, 1961". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  2. ^ Carcavallo, R. U.; Martínez, A. (1961). "La subfamilia Corinocteninae (Araneae, Ctenidae)". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 23: 7–13.