Priscula

Genus of spiders

Priscula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Priscula
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
P. gularis
Simon, 1893
Species

20, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Blechroscelis Simon, 1893[2]
  • Hypsorinus Chamberlin, 1916[3]

Priscula is a genus of South American cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[4]

Species

As of April 2022[update] it contains 20 species, found only in South America:[1]

  • Priscula acarite (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
  • Priscula andinensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
  • Priscula annulipes (Keyserling, 1877) – Colombia
  • Priscula binghamae (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
  • Priscula bolivari (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
  • Priscula chejapi González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
  • Priscula gularis Simon, 1893 (type) – Ecuador
  • Priscula huila Huber, 2000 – Colombia
  • Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
  • Priscula limonensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
  • Priscula paeza Huber, 2000 – Colombia
  • Priscula paila (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
  • Priscula pallisteri Huber, 2000 – Peru
  • Priscula piapoco Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
  • Priscula piedraensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
  • Priscula salmeronica González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
  • Priscula taruma Huber, 2000 – Guyana
  • Priscula tunebo Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
  • Priscula ulai González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
  • Priscula venezuelana Simon, 1893 – Venezuela

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Priscula Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 128. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2.
  3. ^ Huber, B. A. (1997). "Redescriptions of Eugène Simon's neotropical pholcids (Araneae, Pholcidae)". Zoosystema. 19: 595.
  4. ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
Taxon identifiers
Priscula


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