Herpyllus is a genus of ground spiders first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1832.[3]
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| Herpyllus ecclesiasticus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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Species edit
As of May 2019[update] it contains thirty-three species, including 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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Herpyllus Hentz, 1832". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hentz, N. M. (1832). "On North American spiders". Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts. 21: 99–122.
- ^ "Genus Herpyllus". BugGuide. Retrieved 4 June 2019.