Tricongius

Tricongius is a genus of South American ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only three species, found only in Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil: T. amazonicus, T. collinus, and T. granadensis.[1]

Tricongius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Subfamily: Prodidominae
Genus: Tricongius
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
T. collinus
Simon, 1893
Species
  • T. amazonicus Platnick & Höfer, 1990 – Brazil
  • T. collinus Simon, 1893 – Venezuela
  • T. granadensis Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Colombia

See also

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Tricongius Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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