Azilia


Azilia is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of Cardimia.

Species

it contains eleven species, found in Central America, South America, Cuba, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in the United States:
In synonymy:
  • A. mexicana Banks, 1898 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
  • A. vagepicta Simon, 1895 = Azilia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
Formerly placed hereAzilia leucostigma Mello-Leitão, 1941– now in ''Galianoella''