Biology:Usofila

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Usofila
Usofila pacifica 4.jpg
U. pacifica, adult female
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Telemidae
Genus: Usofila
Keyserling, 1891[1]
Type species
U. gracilis
Keyserling, 1891
Species

4, see text

Usofila is a genus of United States long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1891.[2] Originally placed with the Ochyroceratidae, it was transferred to the Telemidae in 1973.[3]

Species

(As of September 2019) it contains four species, found in the United States :[1]

  • Usofila flava Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
  • Usofila gracilis Keyserling, 1891 (type) – USA
  • Usofila oregona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
  • Usofila pacifica (Banks, 1894) – USA
Formerly included

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Usofila Keyserling, 1891. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3229. Retrieved 2019-10-14. 
  2. Keyserling, E. (1891). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Brasilianische Spinnen. Nürnberg 3. pp. 1–278. 
  3. Brignoli, P. M. (1973). "I Telemidae, una famiglia di ragni nuova per il continente americano (Araneae)". Fragmenta Entomologica 8: 248. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2234725 entry