Eleleis
| Eleleis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Prodidomidae |
| Genus: | Eleleis Simon, 1893[1] |
| Species: | E. crinita
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| Binomial name | |
| Eleleis crinita Simon, 1893
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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]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Eleleis Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ 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.