Eleleis

Genus of spiders

Eleleis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Eleleis
Simon, 1893
Type species
E. crinita
Simon, 1893
Species

9, see text

Eleleis is a genus of spiders in the family Prodidominae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893,[1] and is only found in southern Africa.[2]

Species

As of April 2022[update] 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

  1. ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  2. ^ a b "Gen. Eleleis Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Eleleis


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