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Spermophora

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Spermophora
Male shortbodied cellar spider (Spermophora senoculata) from the United States
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Spermophora
Hentz, 1841[1]
Type species
S. senoculata
(Dugès, 1836)
Species

45, see text

Synonyms[1]

Spermophora is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1841.[3]

Species

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As of December 2022 it contains 45 species, found in Africa, Europe, Oceania, Asia, the United States, and Brazil:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Spermophora Hentz, 1841". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Yaginuma, T. (1974). "The spider fauna of Japan (IV)". Faculty of Letters Revue, Otemon Gakuin University. 8: 170.
  3. ^ Hentz, N. M. (1841). "Description of an American spider, constituting a new sub-genus of the tribe Inaequiteloe of Latreille". Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts. 41: 115–117.
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