''Sphodros'' is a
genus
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of
North America
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n
purseweb spiders first described by
Charles Athanase Walckenaer
Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributio ...
in 1835.
It was considered a synonym of ''
Atypus
''Atypus'', also called purseweb spiders, is a genus of atypical tarantulas first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. It occurs in Eurasia, with one species (''A. affinis'') reaching into North Africa. Only three of the described spec ...
'' until 1980.
Species
it contains seven species in the United States, Canada, and Mexico:
*''
Sphodros abboti''
Walckenaer, 1835 (
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) – Southern Georgia, Northern Florida
*''
Sphodros atlanticus''
Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Eastern and Central United States
*''
Sphodros coylei''
Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – South Carolina, Virginia
*''
Sphodros fitchi''
Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa
*''
Sphodros niger''
( Hentz, 1842) – Canada, Northeastern United States (south to Tennessee and east to Kansas)
*''
Sphodros paisano''
Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Southeastern Texas, Mexico
*''
Sphodros rufipes
''Sphodros rufipes'', sometimes called the red legged purseweb spider, is a mygalomorph spider from the southern and eastern United States, though it has been photographed as far north as Minnesota. It has confirmed sightings in Indiana, Missou ...
''
( Latreille, 1829) – Southeastern United States (east from Texas)
References
Atypidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of North America
Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
Taxa described in 1835
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