Brevitubus

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Brevitubus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phrurolithidae
Genus: Brevitubus
Zhu, Liao, Yin & Xu, 2025 [1]
Type species
B. ellipticus
Zhu, Liao, Yin & Xu, 2025
Species

8, see text

Brevitubus is a genus of spiders in the family Phrurolithidae. [2]

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Distribution

Brevitubus is endemic to China. [2]

Etymology

The genus name is Latin for "short tube", referring to the connecting tubes of females. [1]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes eight species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Zhu, S. X.; Liao, R. R.; Yin, H. Q.; Xu, X. (2025). "Brevitubus gen. nov. (Araneae, Phrurolithidae), a new guardstone spider genus from southern China, with descriptions of four new species and proposal of four new combinations". Zootaxa. 5637: 450–468. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.2.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Brevitubus Zhu, Liao, Yin & Xu, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.


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