Herpyllus

Herpyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1832.[3]

Herpyllus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Herpyllus
Hentz, 1832[1]
Type species
H. ecclesiasticus
Hentz, 1832
Species

33, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains thirty-three species, thirteen from North America:[4][1]

  • Herpyllus australis (Holmberg, 1881) – Argentina
  • Herpyllus bensonae Fox, 1938 – Mexico
  • Herpyllus brachet Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
  • Herpyllus bubulcus Chamberlin, 1922 – USA, Mexico
  • Herpyllus calcuttaensis Biswas, 1984 – India
  • Herpyllus coahuilanus Gertsch & Davis, 1940 – Mexico
  • Herpyllus cockerelli (Banks, 1901) – USA, Mexico
  • Herpyllus convallis Chamberlin, 1936 – USA, Mexico
  • Herpyllus coreanus Paik, 1992 – Korea
  • Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832 (type) – North America
  • Herpyllus emertoni Bryant, 1935 – USA
  • Herpyllus excelsus Fox, 1938 – USA, Mexico
  • Herpyllus fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico
  • Herpyllus frio Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
  • Herpyllus gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – USA, Mexico
  • Herpyllus giganteus Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
  • Herpyllus goaensis Tikader, 1982 – India
  • Herpyllus hesperolus Chamberlin, 1928 – North America
  • Herpyllus iguala Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
  • Herpyllus lativulvus Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
  • Herpyllus malkini Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
  • Herpyllus paropanisadensis Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
  • Herpyllus perditus (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
  • Herpyllus perote Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
  • Herpyllus pictus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Mexico
  • Herpyllus propinquus (Keyserling, 1887) – North America
  • Herpyllus proximus Denis, 1958 – Turkmenistan, Afghanistan
  • Herpyllus regnans Chamberlin, 1936 – USA
  • Herpyllus reservatus Chamberlin, 1936 – USA, Mexico
  • Herpyllus scholasticus Chamberlin, 1922 – USA
  • Herpyllus schwarzi (Banks, 1901) – USA
  • Herpyllus sherus Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
  • Herpyllus vicinus Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Herpyllus Hentz, 1832". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1977). "A revision of the spider genera Herpyllus and Scotophaeus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 159: 4.
  3. Hentz, N. M. (1832). "On North American spiders". Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts. 21: 99–122.
  4. "Genus Herpyllus". BugGuide. Retrieved 4 June 2019.


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