Eleleis
Eleleis is a genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893,[1] and is only found in southern Africa.[2] 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 |
| Subfamily: | Prodidominae |
| Genus: | Eleleis Simon, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| E. crinita Simon, 1893 | |
| Species | |
|
9, see text | |
Species
As of April 2022 it contains nine species:[2]
- Eleleis crinita Simon, 1893 – South Africa
- Eleleis etosha Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
- Eleleis haddadi Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
- Eleleis himba Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
- Eleleis leleupi Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
- Eleleis limpopo Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Zambia, South Africa
- Eleleis luderitz Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
- Eleleis okavango Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia, Botswana
- Eleleis solitaria Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Cape Verde
See also
References
- Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- "Gen. Eleleis Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- 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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