Sphodros
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| Sphodros | |
|---|---|
| File:Sphodros rufipes non-crossing chel.jpg | |
| S. rufipes | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Atypidae |
| Genus: | Sphodros Walckenaer, 1835[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. abboti Walckenaer, 1835
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| Species | |
|
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Sphodros is a genus of North American purseweb spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1835.[2] It was considered a synonym of Atypus until 1980.[3][1]
Species
[edit | edit source]As of April 2019[update] it contains seven species in the United States, Canada, and Mexico:[1][4]
- Sphodros abboti Walckenaer, 1835 (type) – Southern Georgia, Northern Florida
- Sphodros atlanticus Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Eastern and Central United States
- Sphodros coylei Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – South Carolina, Virginia
- Sphodros fitchi Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa
- Sphodros niger (Hentz, 1842) – Canada, Northeastern United States (south to Tennessee and east to Kansas)
- Sphodros paisano Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Southeastern Texas, Mexico
- Sphodros rufipes (Latreille, 1829) – Southeastern United States (east from Texas)
References
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