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Apopyllus

Apopyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1984.

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Length
207 w
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Source
Apopyllus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Apopyllus
Platnick & Shadab, 19841
Type species
A. silvestrii
(Simon, 1905)
Species

10, see text

Apopyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1984.2

Species

As of May 2019 it contains ten species:1

  • Apopyllus aeolicus Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
  • Apopyllus atlanticus Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
  • Apopyllus centralis Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
  • Apopyllus gandarela Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
  • Apopyllus huanuco Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Peru
  • Apopyllus ivieorum Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Mexico
  • Apopyllus malleco Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Chile
  • Apopyllus now Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Curaçao, Colombia
  • Apopyllus silvestrii (Simon, 1905) (type) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile
  • Apopyllus suavis (Simon, 1893) – Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina
References

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Apopyllus Platnick & Shadab, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1984). "A revision of the Neotropical spiders of the new genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". American Museum Novitates (2788): 1–9.