genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of spiders in the family
Prodidominae
Prodidomidae 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
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". and is only found in southern
Africa
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.
Species
it contains nine species:
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Eleleis crinita
''Eleleis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Prodidominae. It was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1893, and is only found in southern Africa.
Species
it contains nine species:
* ''Eleleis crinita'' Simon, 1893 – ...
'' Simon, 1893 – South Africa
* ''
Eleleis etosha
''Eleleis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Prodidominae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893, and is only found in southern Africa.
Species
it contains nine species:
* ''Eleleis crinita'' Simon, 1893 – South Africa
* ...
'' Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
* ''
Eleleis haddadi
''Eleleis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Prodidominae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893, and is only found in southern Africa.
Species
it contains nine species:
* ''Eleleis crinita'' Simon, 1893 – South Africa
* ...
'' Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
* '' Eleleis himba'' Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
* '' Eleleis leleupi'' Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
* ''
Eleleis limpopo
''Eleleis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Prodidominae. It was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1893, and is only found in southern Africa.
Species
it contains nine species:
* ''Eleleis crinita'' Simon, 1893 – ...
Eleleis okavango
''Eleleis'' is a genus of spiders in the family Prodidominae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893, and is only found in southern Africa.
Species
it contains nine species:
* ''Eleleis crinita'' Simon, 1893 – South Africa
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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 – ...