Eilica

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Eilica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Eilica
Keyserling, 1891 [1]
Type species
E. modesta
Keyserling, 1891
Species

28, see text

Synonyms [1]

Eilica is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1891. [4]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains twenty-eight species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Eilica Keyserling, 1891". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. 1 2 3 Platnick, N. I. (1975). "A revision of the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". American Museum Novitates. 2578: 3.
  3. Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1981). "On the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 170: 184.
  4. Keyserling, E. (1891). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Brasilianische Spinnen.