''Eleleis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of spiders in the family
Prodidominae
Prodidominae is a family of spider, sometimes called long-spinneret ground spiders. It was formerly regarded as a subfamily of Gnaphosidae, but was raised to a family in 2022.
Spiders in the family are easily identified by the greatly elongated ...
. It was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1893,
and is only found in southern
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
Species
it contains nine species:
* ''
Eleleis crinita''
Simon, 1893 – South Africa
* ''
Eleleis etosha''
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
* ''
Eleleis haddadi''
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
* ''
Eleleis himba''
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
* ''
Eleleis leleupi''
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
* ''
Eleleis limpopo''
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Zambia, South Africa
* ''
Eleleis luderitz''
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
* ''
Eleleis okavango''
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia, Botswana
* ''
Eleleis solitaria''
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Cape Verde
See also
*
List of Prodidominae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Prodidominae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 192 species in 23 genera:
''Austrodomus''
''Austrodomus'' Simon,1884
* '' Austrodomus gamsberg'' Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – ...
References
Prodidominae
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