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Nilus (spider)

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Nilus
N. curtus
N. albocinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Nilus
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876[1]
Type species
N. curtus
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876
Species

18, see text

Synonyms[1]

Nilus is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1876.[3]

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains eighteen species, found only in Africa, Asia, and India:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Jäger, P. (2011). "Revision of the spider genera Nilus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876, Sphedanus Thorell 1877 and Dendrolycosa Doleschall 1859 (Araneae: Pisauridae)". Zootaxa. 3046: 4. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3046.1.1.
  3. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1876). "Catalogue of a collection of spiders made in Egypt, with descriptions of new species and characters of a new genus". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 44 (3): 541–630. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1876.tb02595.x.