Genus Fernandezina Birabén, 1951

Fernandezina Birabén, 1951: 545 . Type species by original designation Fernandezina pulchra Birabén, 1951 .

Species composition. Seventeen South American species, namely: Fernandezina acuta Platnick, 1975; F. andersoni Cala-Riquelme & Agnarsson, 2018; F. angeloi sp. nov., F. dasilvai Platnick, Grismado & Ramírez, 1999; F. divisa Platnick, 1975; F. eduardoi Cala-Riquelme, Quijano-Cuervo & Sabogal-Gonzáles, 2018; F. fernandoi sp. nov.; F. grismadoi Martínez & Gutierrez, 2021; F. ilheus Platnick, Grismado & Ramírez, 1999; F. jurubatiba Castro, Baptista, Grismado & Ramírez, 2015; F. maldonado Platnick, Grismado & Ramírez, 1999; F. nica Ott & Ott, 2014; F. pelta Platnick, 1975; F. pulchra Birabén, 1951; F. saira Buckup & Ott, 2004; F. takutu Grismado, 2002; F. tijuca Ramírez & Grismado, 1996 .

Distribution. Known from Argentina (Formosa), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo), Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caquetá, Sucre), Guyana (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and Peru (Madre de Dios) (see Fig. 1).

Diagnosis. See Platnick (1975).