Prodidomus

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Prodidomus
Scientific classification e
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Hentz, 1847[1]
Type species
P. rufus
Hentz, 1847
Species

53, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Hyltonia Birabén, 1954[2]

Prodidomus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1847.[3]

Species[edit]

As of June 2019 it contains fifty-three species, found in Africa, Europe, South America, Oceania, Asia, the United States, on the Greater Antilles, and Saint Helena:[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Prodidomus Hentz, 1847". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Platnick, N. I.; Baehr, B. (2006). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 298: 9. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2.
  3. Hentz, N. M. (1847). "Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States". Boston Journal of Natural History. 5: 443–478.


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