Loureedia
| Loureedia | |
|---|---|
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| Male L. annulipes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Eresidae |
| Genus: | Loureedia Miller et al., 2012[1] |
| Species: | L. annulipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Loureedia annulipes (Lucas, 1857)[1] | |
Loureedia is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Eresidae, containing a single species, Loureedia annulipes, found in the Mediterranean (Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Israel).[1][2]
Name
Being a velvet spider that lives underground, the genus was named after musician Lou Reed, lead singer of the group Velvet Underground. L. annulipes was formerly considered a member of Eresus.
See also
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References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Loureedia Miller et al., 2012". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ↑ Miller, Jeremy; Griswold, Charles; Scharff, Nikolaj; Rezac, Milan; Szuts, Tamas; Marhabaie, Mohammad (2012). "The velvet spiders: an atlas of the Eresidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". ZooKeys 195: 1–144. doi:10.3897/zookeys.195.2342. PMC 3361087. PMID 22679386.
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