Biology:Litopyllus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Litopyllus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Litopyllus
Chamberlin, 1922[1]
Type species
L. temporarius
Chamberlin, 1922
Species
  • Chamberlin, 1922 – Eastern USA[2] (Bryant, 1940) – Southern Florida,[2] Bahama Is., Cuba
  • L. realisticus L. cubanus
  • (Chamberlin, 1924) – Mexico L. temporarius
Synonyms[1]
  • Paramyrmecion Bryant, 1940[3]

Litopyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.[4] (As of May 2019) it contains only three species: L. cubanus, L. realisticus, and L. temporarius.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Litopyllus Chamberlin, 1922". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/954. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Genus Litopyllus". BugGuide. https://bugguide.net/node/view/1038295. 
  3. Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1980). "A revision of the North American spider genera Nodocion, Litopyllus, and Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". American Museum Novitates 2691: 16. 
  4. Chamberlin, R. V. (1922). "The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 35: 145–172. 

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