Toca (spider)
| Toca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Ctenidae |
| Genus: | Toca Polotow & Brescovit, 2009[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. bossanova Polotow & Brescovit, 2009
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| Species | |
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2, see text | |
Toca is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by D. Polotow & Antônio Brescovit in 2009.[2] Both described species are endemic to Brazil.[1]
Species
As of January 2026, this genus includes two species:[1]
- Toca bossanova Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 – Brazil
- Toca samba Polotow & Brescovit, 2009 – Brazil
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Polotow & Brescovit, 2009". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ^ Polotow, D.; Brescovit, A. D. (2009). "Description of Toca, a new neotropical spider genus (Araneae, Ctenidae, Calocteninae)". Journal of Arachnology. 37 (2): 243–245. doi:10.1636/a08-24.1. S2CID 84233457.