Leptopilos is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by G. Levy in 2009.[2]
| Leptopilos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Leptopilos Levy, 2009[1] |
| Type species | |
| L. tenerrimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
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| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Species edit
As of October 2022[update] it contains ten species:[1]
- Leptopilos butleri Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Leptopilos digitus Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – South Africa
- Leptopilos hadjissaranti (Chatzaki, 2002) – Greece (Crete)
- Leptopilos lakhish Levy, 2009 – Israel
- Leptopilos levantinus Levy, 2009 – Greece, Israel, Iran
- Leptopilos manolisi (Chatzaki, 2002) – Greece (Crete), Israel
- Leptopilos memorialis (Spassky, 1940) – Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Mongolia
- Leptopilos pupa (Dalmas, 1919) – Egypt
- Leptopilos tenerrimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (type) – Libya, Israel
- Leptopilos vasivulva Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Leptopilos Levy, 2009". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ Levy, G. (2009). "New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel". Zootaxa. 2066: 1–49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2066.1.1.