Biology:Wulfila (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Wulfila
Temporal range: Neogene–present
Ghost Spider - Wulfila saltabundus, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
W. saltabundus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Wulfila
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895[1]
Type species
W. pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895
Species

43, see text

Synonyms[1]

Wulfila is a genus of ghost spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1895.[3] They are easily recognized by their pale white elongated legs.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains forty-three species:[1]

  • Wulfila albens (Hentz, 1847) — USA
  • Wulfila albus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) — Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Wulfila arraijanicus Chickering, 1940 — Panama
  • Wulfila bryantae Platnick, 1974 — USA (Southern Florida), Mexico
  • Wulfila coamoanus Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico
  • Wulfila diversus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 — Mexico
  • Wulfila fasciculus (Bryant, 1948) — Hispaniola
  • Wulfila fragilis Chickering, 1937 — Panama
  • Wulfila fragilis (Bryant, 1948) — Hispaniola
  • Wulfila gracilipes (Banks, 1903) — Hispaniola
  • Wulfila immaculatus Banks, 1914 — USA (Southern Arizona and New Mexico), Cuba, Puerto Rico
  • Wulfila immaculellus (Gertsch, 1933) — USA, Mexico
  • Wulfila inconspicuus Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico
  • Wulfila innoxius Chickering, 1940 — Panama
  • Wulfila inornatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) — Mexico
  • Wulfila isolatus Bryant, 1942 — Puerto Rico
  • Wulfila longidens Mello-Leitão, 1948 — Guyana
  • Wulfila longipes (Bryant, 1940) — Cuba
  • Wulfila macer (Simon, 1898) — St. Vincent
  • Wulfila macropalpus Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico
  • Wulfila maculatus Chickering, 1937 — Panama
  • Wulfila mandibulatus (Petrunkevitch, 1925) — Panama
  • Wulfila modestus Chickering, 1937 — Panama
  • Wulfila pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 — Mexico
  • Wulfila parvulus (Banks, 1898) — Mexico
  • Wulfila pavidus (Bryant, 1948) — Mexico
  • Wulfila pellucidus Chickering, 1937 — Panama
  • Wulfila pretiosus Banks, 1914 — Cuba
  • Wulfila proximus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 — Mexico
  • Wulfila pulverulentus Chickering, 1937 — Panama
  • Wulfila saltabundus (Hentz, 1847) — Eastern USA, southeastern Canada
  • Wulfila sanguineus Franganillo, 1931 — Cuba
  • Wulfila scopulatus Simon, 1897 — America
  • Wulfila spatulatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 — Guatemala
  • Wulfila spinosus Chickering, 1937 — Panama
  • Wulfila sublestus Chickering, 1940 — Panama
  • Wulfila tantillus Chickering, 1940 — Southern Texas to Panama
  • Wulfila tauricorneus Franganillo, 1935 — Cuba
  • Wulfila tenuissimus Simon, 1896 — Jamaica
  • Wulfila tinctus Franganillo, 1930 — Cuba
  • Wulfila tropicus Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico
  • Wulfila ventralis Banks, 1906 — Bahama Is.
  • Wulfila wunda Platnick, 1974 — USA (Southern Florida), Cuba, Puerto Rico (Mona Is.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/255. Retrieved 2019-04-02. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Platnick, Norman I. (1974). "The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 146 (4): 205–266. 
  3. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1895). Arachnida. Araneida.. 

Further reading


Wikidata ☰ Q3570153 entry