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Philisca

Philisca is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.

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Philisca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Philisca
Simon, 18841
Type species
P. hahni
Simon, 1884
Species

14, see text

Synonyms1
  • Liparotoma

Philisca is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.2

Species

As of April 2019 it contains fourteen species:1

  • Philisca accentifera Simon, 1904 – Chile, Argentina
  • Philisca amaena (Simon, 1884) – Chile, Argentina
  • Philisca atrata Soto & Ramírez, 2012 – Chile, Argentina
  • Philisca doilu (Ramírez, 1993) – Chile, Argentina
  • Philisca hahni Simon, 1884 – Chile, Argentina
  • Philisca huapi Ramírez, 2003 – Chile, Argentina
  • Philisca hyadesi (Simon, 1884) – Chile, Argentina
  • Philisca ingens Berland, 1924 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
  • Philisca ornata Berland, 1924 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
  • Philisca pizarroi Soto & Ramírez, 2012 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
  • Philisca robinson Soto & Ramírez, 2012 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
  • Philisca robusta Soto & Ramírez, 2012 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
  • Philisca tripunctata (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is.
  • Philisca viernes Soto & Ramírez, 2012 – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
References

References

  1. "Gen. Philisca Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  2. Simon, E. (1884). "Arachnides recueillis par la Mission du Cap Horn en 1882-1883". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 117–144.