''Apopyllus'' is a
genus
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of
ground spiders that was first described by
Norman I. Platnick
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and Arachnology, arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History#Richard Gilder Gradua ...
& 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''
(Simon, 1905) (
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) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile
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Apopyllus suavis''
(Simon, 1893) – Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina
References
Gnaphosidae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of South America
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