Eleleis

Eleleis is a monotypic genus of South African ground spiders containing the single species, Eleleis crinita. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893,[2] and is only found in South Africa.[1] Originally placed with the long-spinneret ground spiders, it was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018.[3]

Eleleis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Eleleis
Simon, 1893[1]
Species:
E. crinita
Binomial name
Eleleis crinita
Simon, 1893

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Eleleis Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  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.


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