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Bertrana

Bertrana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Bertrana
Keyserling, 1884
Species

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Diversity
12 species

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Bertrana is a spider genus that occurs from Central to South America. It includes some of the smallest known araneid orb-weavers.Bertrana striolata females are 4.5 mm long or less. The eight eyes are in two rows. The abdomen is white on top and on the sides, with multiple hieroglyphic-like lines and bars of many differente shapes and length. In females, these are red, in males, black.



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