Aysha (spider)

Aysha is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1891. They are often called "sac spiders" because of the dwellings that they create for themselves to take shelter in. As is true with most other spiders, the pedipalps of the males are much larger than those of the females. They are found throughout South America up to Panama.

Species it contains forty-one species: Aysha affinis (Blackwall, 1862) – Brazil Aysha albovittata Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Brazil, Argentina Aysha basilisca (Mello-Leitão, 1922) – Brazil Aysha bonaldoi Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha boraceia Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha borgmeyeri (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Brazil, Argentina Aysha brevimana (C. L. Koch, 1839) – Brazil Aysha caxambuensis (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Aysha chicama Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha clarovittata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Argentina Aysha curumim Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha diversicolor (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil Aysha ericae Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina Aysha fortis (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil Aysha guaiba Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha guarapuava Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha helvola (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil Aysha heraldica (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil Aysha insulana Chickering, 1937 – Panama Aysha janaita Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha lagenifera (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Argentina Aysha lisei Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha marinonii Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Aysha montenegro Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina Aysha piassaguera Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha pirassununga Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina Aysha proseni Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Brazil, Argentina Aysha prospera Keyserling, 1891 – Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina Aysha robusta (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil Aysha rubromaculata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Argentina Aysha strandi (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana Aysha striolata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil Aysha subruba (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil Aysha taeniata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil Aysha taim Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha tapejara Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha tertulia Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina Aysha triunfo Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina Aysha vacaria Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil Aysha yacupoi Brescovit, 1992 – Brazil, Argentina Aysha zenzesi (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Brazil, Argentina

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