''Promyrmekiaphila'' is a
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
North America
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n
mygalomorph spiders in the family
Euctenizidae
The Euctenizidae (formerly Cyrtaucheniidae subfamily Euctenizinae) are a family of mygalomorph spiders. They are now considered to be more closely related to Idiopidae.
Etymology
The name comes from the Greek prefix (''eu-''), meaning "valu ...
. The genus was first described by E. Schenkel in 1950.
it contains only two species, both found in the
United States
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: ''
Promyrmekiaphila clathrata'' and ''
Promyrmekiaphila winnemem''.
References
Euctenizidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of the United States
Taxa named by Ehrenfried Schenkel
Taxa described in 1950
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