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