''Apopyllus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
ground spiders
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
that was first described by
Norman I. Platnick
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Em ...
& M. U. Shadab in 1984.
Species
it contains ten species:
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Apopyllus aeolicus''
Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
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Apopyllus atlanticus''
Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
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Apopyllus centralis''
Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
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Apopyllus gandarela''
Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
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Apopyllus huanuco''
Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Peru
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Apopyllus ivieorum''
Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Mexico
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Apopyllus malleco''
Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Chile
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Apopyllus now''
Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Curaçao, Colombia
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Apopyllus silvestrii
''Apopyllus silvestrii'' is a spider species in the genus '' Apopyllus'' found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
See also
* List of Gnaphosidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Gnapho ...
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(Simon, 1905) (
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) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile
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Apopyllus suavis''
(Simon, 1893) – Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of South America
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