Allende (spider)
{{About|a genus of spiders||Allende (disambiguation){{!}}Allende}}
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Allende imported from iNaturalist photo 341909684 on 17 January 2024.jpg
| taxon = Allende
| authority = Álvarez-Padilla, 2007
| type_species = A. puyehuensis
| type_species_authority = Álvarez-Padilla, 2007
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 4, see text
}}
Allende is a genus of South American long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by F. Álvarez-Padilla in 2007.{{cite journal| last=Álvarez-Padilla| first=F.| year=2007| title=Systematics of the spider genus Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 (Araneoidea: Tetragnathidae) with additions to the tetragnathid fauna of Chile and comments on the phylogeny of Tetragnathidae| journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society| pages=285–335| volume=151| issue=2| doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00304.x| s2cid=84810921| doi-access=free}}
Species
{{as of|2019|10}} it contains four species, found in Argentina and Chile:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Allende Álvarez-Padilla, 2007| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-11-10| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3270| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
- Allende nigrohumeralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is., mainland), Chile, Argentina
- Allende patagiatus (Simon, 1901) – Chile, Argentina
- Allende puyehuensis Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 (type) – Chile
In synonymy:
- A. aurora (Simon, 1901) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849)
- A. chilensis (Tullgren, 1902) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849)
- A. cordillera (Tullgren, 1902) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849)
- A. echinatus (Tullgren, 1902) = Allende patagiatus (Simon, 1901)
- A. porteri (Simon, 1900) = Allende nigrohumeralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899)
- A. tortus (Tullgren, 1902) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849)