Biology:Eleleis

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Eleleis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Eleleis
Simon, 1893
Type species
E. crinita
Simon, 1893
Species

9, see text

Eleleis is a genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893,[1] and is only found in southern Africa.[2] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]

Species

(As of April 2022) it contains nine species:[2]

  • Eleleis crinita Simon, 1893 – South Africa
  • Eleleis etosha Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
  • Eleleis haddadi Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
  • Eleleis himba Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
  • Eleleis leleupi Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
  • Eleleis limpopo Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Zambia, South Africa
  • Eleleis luderitz Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
  • Eleleis okavango Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia, Botswana
  • Eleleis solitaria Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Cape Verde

See also

References

  1. Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Gen. Eleleis Simon, 1893". Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2446. Retrieved 26 April 2022. 
  3. Azevedo, G. H. F; Griswold, C. E.; Santos, A. J. (2018). "Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)". Cladistics 34 (6): 614. doi:10.1111/cla.12226. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18093214 entry