Spinepeira Levi 1995

Genus Spinepeira Levi, 1995 Type species. Spinepeira schlingeri Levi, 1995 Diagnosis. Females Spinepeira species can be distinguished from other Araneidae genera by the combination of the following characteristics: posterior eye row procuved; carapace without modifications; one anterior median tubercle, a pair of dorsal projections, two posterior median tubercles (Levi 1995: figs 16, 17) and short scape 2x wider than long (Fig. 2D, E). Distribution. Ecuador and Peru. Composition. Spinepeira erwini sp. nov., S. schlingeri Levi, 1995.