Sphodros

Sphodros
S. rufipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Atypidae
Genus: Sphodros
Walckenaer, 1835[1]
Type species
S. abboti
Walckenaer, 1835
Species

7, see text

Sphodros is a genus of North American purseweb spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1835.[2] It was considered a synonym of Atypus until 1980.[3][1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1835). "Mémoire sur une nouvelle espèce de Mygale, sur les théraphoses et les divers genres dont se compose cette tribu d'Aranéides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 4: 637–651.
  3. ^ Gertsch, W. J.; Platnick, N. I. (1980). "A revision of the American spiders of the family Atypidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". American Museum Novitates (2704): 15.