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Chileuma

Chileuma is a genus of Chilean long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005. As of June 2019 it contains only three species, found only in Chile: C. paposo, C. renca, and C. serena.

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Chileuma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Chileuma
Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 20051
Type species
C. paposo
Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005
Species
  • C. paposo Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
  • C. renca Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
  • C. serena Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile

Chileuma is a genus of Chilean long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005.12 As of June 2019 it contains only three species, found only in Chile: C. paposo, C. renca, and C. serena.1

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References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Chileuma Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U.; Sorkin, L. N. (2005). "On the Chilean spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a revision of the genus Moreno Mello-Leitão". American Museum Novitates (3499): 1–31. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)499[0001:OTCSOT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5668.