''Sphodros'' is a

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of North American purseweb spiders first described by

Charles Athanase Walckenaer Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant and scientist. Biography Walckenaer was born in Paris and studied at the universities of Oxford and Glasgow. In 1793 he was appointed head of t ...

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, and one species (''A. snetsinger ...

'' until 1980.

Species

it contains seven species in the United States, Canada, and Mexico: *''

Sphodros abboti ''Sphodros abboti'' also known as purseweb spider, is a species of spiders from a family of Atypidae. It was described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1835 and is endemic to Florida, United States. Description The spider is black coloured, ...

'' Walckenaer, 1835 (

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) – Southern Georgia, Northern Florida *''

Sphodros atlanticus ''Sphodros atlanticus'' is a species of spiders from the family Atypidae. It was described by Willis J. Gertsch and Norman I. Platnick Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arach ...

'' Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Eastern and Central United States *''

Sphodros coylei ''Sphodros'' is a genus of North American purseweb spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1835. It was considered a synonym of ''Atypus'' until 1980. Species it contains seven species in the United States, Canada, and Mexi ...

'' Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – South Carolina, Virginia *''

Sphodros fitchi ''Sphodros fitchi'' is a species of purseweb spider in the family Atypidae Atypidae, also known as atypical tarantulas or purseweb spiders, is a spider family containing only three genera. They are accomplished ambush predators that spend most ...

'' Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa *''

Sphodros niger ''Sphodros niger'', the black purse-web spider, is a mygalomorph spider from the Eastern United States.Fitch, Henry S. (1963): Spiders of The University of Kansas Natural History Reservation and Rockefeller Experimental Tract. It is listed as ...

'' ( Hentz, 1842) – Canada, Northeastern United States (south to Tennessee and east to Kansas) *''

Sphodros paisano ''Sphodros paisano'' is a species of purseweb spider in the family Atypidae Atypidae, also known as atypical tarantulas or purseweb spiders, is a spider family containing only three genera. They are accomplished ambush predators that spend m ...

'' Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Southeastern Texas, Mexico *''

Sphodros rufipes ''Sphodros rufipes'', sometimes called the red legged purseweb spider, is a mygalomorph spider from the southern United States, though it has been photographed as far north as Indiana, Missouri, New Jersey, Minnesota, Tennessee, Delaware, Louisi ...

'' ( Latreille, 1829) – Southeastern United States (east from Texas)

References

Atypidae Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of North America Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer {{Mygalomorphae-stub