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Rubrius

Rubrius is a genus of South American spiders in the family Macrobunidae first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.

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Rubrius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Macrobunidae
Genus: Rubrius
Simon, 18871
Type species
R. antarcticus
(Karsch, 1880)
Species

7, see text

Synonyms1
  • Pionaces

Rubrius is a genus of South American spiders in the family Macrobunidae first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.2

Species

As of April 2019, the genus contains seven species found in Chile and Argentina:1

  • Rubrius annulatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Chile
  • Rubrius antarcticus (Karsch, 1880) – Chile, Argentina
  • Rubrius castaneifrons (Simon, 1884) – Chile
  • Rubrius lineatus Roth, 1967 – Chile
  • Rubrius major (Simon, 1904) – Chile
  • Rubrius scottae Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Argentina
  • Rubrius ululus Roth, 1967 – Chile
References

References

  1. "Gen. Rubrius Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Simon, E. (1887). Arachnides.