Sphodros
| Sphodros | |
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| S. rufipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Atypidae |
| Genus: | Sphodros Walckenaer, 1835 |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 7 species | |
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tube of a Sphodros species
Sphodros is a genus of mygalomorph spiders that occurs in the USA and Mexico. Its species were removed from genus Atypus and put in its own genus in 1980.[1]
Species
- Sphodros abboti Walckenaer, 1835 — USA
- Sphodros atlanticus Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 — USA
- Sphodros coylei Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 — USA
- Sphodros fitchi Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 — USA
- Sphodros niger (Hentz, 1842) — USA, Canada
- Sphodros paisano Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 — USA, Mexico
- Sphodros rufipes (Latreille, 1829) — USA
Notes
- ↑ Platnick 2009
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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