Chilongius

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Chilongius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Chilongius
Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 [1]
Type species
C. palmas
Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005
Species

5, see text

Chilongius is a genus of Chilean long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005. [1] [2]

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Species

As of June 2019 it contains five species, found only in Chile: [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Chilongius Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U.; Sorkin, L. N. (2005). "On the Chilean spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a revision of the genus Moreno Mello-Leitão". American Museum Novitates. 3499: 1–31. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)499[0001:OTCSOT]2.0.CO;2. hdl: 2246/5668 .