Biology:Wulfilopsis

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Wulfilopsis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Wulfilopsis
Soares & Camargo, 1955[1]
Type species
W. tenuipes
(Keyserling, 1891)
Species

6, see text

Wulfilopsis is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by B. A. M. Soares & Hélio Ferraz de Almeida Camargo in 1955.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains six species, all found in Brazil :[1]

  • Wulfilopsis frenata (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
  • Wulfilopsis leopoldina Brescovit, 1997 – Brazil
  • Wulfilopsis martinsi Brescovit, 1997 – Brazil
  • Wulfilopsis pygmaea (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
  • Wulfilopsis tenuipes (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
  • Wulfilopsis tripunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1947) – Brazil

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Wulfilopsis Soares & Camargo, 1955". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/256. Retrieved 2019-05-10. 
  2. Soares, B. A. M.; Camargo, H. F. de A. (1955). "Algumas novas espécies de aranhas brasileiras (Araneae, Anyphaenidae, Argiopidae, Eusparassidae, Theridiidae).". Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 42: 577–580. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3570154 entry