Biology:Leptopilos

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Leptopilos
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Leptopilos
Levy, 2009[1]
Type species
L. tenerrimus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Species

10, see text

Leptopilos is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by G. Levy in 2009.[2]

Species

(As of October 2022) it contains ten species:[1]

  • Leptopilos butleri Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Leptopilos digitus Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – South Africa
  • Leptopilos hadjissaranti (Chatzaki, 2002) – Greece (Crete)
  • Leptopilos lakhish Levy, 2009 – Israel
  • Leptopilos levantinus Levy, 2009 – Greece, Israel, Iran
  • Leptopilos manolisi (Chatzaki, 2002) – Greece (Crete), Israel
  • Leptopilos memorialis (Spassky, 1940) – Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Mongolia
  • Leptopilos pupa (Dalmas, 1919) – Egypt
  • Leptopilos tenerrimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (type) – Libya, Israel
  • Leptopilos vasivulva Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Leptopilos Levy, 2009. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/953. Retrieved 5 October 2022. 
  2. Levy, G. (2009). "New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel.". Zootaxa 2066: 1–49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2066.1.1. 

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