Thaida

Thaida
Thaida chepu: 1 – habitat; 2 – web; 3 – frontal view of cephalothorax, showing eyes; 4 – dorsal view of cephalothorax
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Austrochilidae
Genus: Thaida
Karsch, 1880
Type species
T. peculiaris
Karsch, 1880
Species
  • T. chepu Platnick, 1987 – Chile
  • T. peculiaris Karsch, 1880 – Chile, Argentina

Thaida is a genus of South American cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Austrochilidae, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880. As of April 2019 it contains only two species in Chile and Argentina.