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Urepus

Urepus is a genus of South American spiders in the family Macrobunidae containing the single species, Urepus rossi. It was first described by V. D. Roth in 1967, and has only been found in Peru.

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Urepus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Macrobunidae
Genus: Urepus
Species:
U. rossi
Binomial name
Urepus rossi
Roth, 19671

Urepus is a genus of South American spiders in the family Macrobunidae containing the single species, Urepus rossi. It was first described by V. D. Roth in 1967,2 and has only been found in Peru.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Urepus Roth, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Roth, V. D. (1967). "A review of the South American spiders of the family Agelenidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 134: 297–346.