Biology:Sphecotypus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Sphecotypus
Sphecotypus niger 002.jpg
Sphecotypus niger
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Sphecotypus
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895[1]
Type species
S. niger
(Perty, 1833)
Species

4, see text

Sphecotypus is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1895.[2]

Species

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

  • Sphecotypus birmanicus (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar
  • Sphecotypus borneensis Yamasaki, 2017 – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Sphecotypus niger (Perty, 1833) (type) – Nicaragua to Brazil
  • Sphecotypus taprobanicus Simon, 1897 – Sri Lanka

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Sphecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/594. Retrieved 2019-05-23. 
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1895), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology 

Wikidata ☰ Q1853074 entry