Biology:Gephyroctenus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Gephyroctenus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Gephyroctenus
Mello-Leitão, 1936[1]
Type species
G. philodromoides
Mello-Leitão, 1936
Species

9, see text

Gephyroctenus is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1936.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains nine species:[1]

  • Gephyroctenus acre Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
  • Gephyroctenus atininga Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
  • Gephyroctenus divisor Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
  • Gephyroctenus esteio Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
  • Gephyroctenus juruti Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Peru, Brazil
  • Gephyroctenus mapia Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil
  • Gephyroctenus panguana Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Peru
  • Gephyroctenus philodromoides Mello-Leitão, 1936 (type) – Peru, Brazil
  • Gephyroctenus portovelho Polotow & Brescovit, 2008 – Brazil

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Gephyroctenus Mello-Leitão, 1936. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/624. Retrieved 2019-05-24. 
  2. Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1936). "Contribution à l'etude des Ctenides du Bresil.". Festschrift Embrik Strand 1: 1–31. 

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