Petrichus

Genus of spiders

Petrichus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Philodromidae
Genus: Petrichus
Simon, 1886[1]
Type species
P. marmoratus
Simon, 1886
Species

14, see text

Petrichus is a genus of South American running crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886.[2]

Species

As of May 2022[update] it contains fourteen species, found in Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Colombia and on the Falkland Islands:[1]

  • Petrichus anomalus (Mello-Leitão, 1938) – Argentina
  • Petrichus eremicus Griotti & Grismado, 2022 – Chile
  • Petrichus funebris (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
  • Petrichus griseus Berland, 1913 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Petrichus junior (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
  • Petrichus marmoratus Simon, 1886 (type) – Argentina
  • Petrichus meridionalis (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
  • Petrichus niveus (Simon, 1895) – Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is.
  • Petrichus patagoniensis Griotti & Grismado, 2022 – Argentina
  • Petrichus roijunenti Griotti & Grismado, 2022 – Chile, Argentina
  • Petrichus sordidus Tullgren, 1901 – Argentina
  • Petrichus spira Griotti & Grismado, 2022 – Argentina
  • Petrichus tobioides Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina
  • Petrichus tullgreni Simon, 1902 – Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2022). "Gen. Petrichus Simon, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1886). "Arachnides recueillis en 1882-1883 dans la Patagonie méridionale, de Santa Cruz à Punta Arena, par M. E. Lebrun, attaché comme naturaliste à la Mission du passage de Vénus". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 11: 558–577.
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