Herpyllus

Herpyllus
Herpyllus ecclesiasticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Herpyllus Hentz, 1832 [1]
Type species
H. ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832
Species
33, see text
Synonyms [1]
Bonna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 [2]

Herpyllus is a genus of ground spiders first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1832. ^[3]

Species

As of May 2019 ^[update] it contains thirty-three species, including thirteen from North America: ^{[4] [1]}

• Herpyllus australis (Holmberg, 1881) – Argentina
• Herpyllus bensonae Fox, 1938 – Mexico
• Herpyllus brachet Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
• Herpyllus bubulcus Chamberlin, 1922 – USA, Mexico
• Herpyllus calcuttaensis Biswas, 1984 – India
• Herpyllus coahuilanus Gertsch & Davis, 1940 – Mexico
• Herpyllus cockerelli (Banks, 1901) – USA, Mexico
• Herpyllus convallis Chamberlin, 1936 – USA, Mexico
• Herpyllus coreanus Paik, 1992 – Korea
• Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832 (type) – North America
• Herpyllus emertoni Bryant, 1935 – USA
• Herpyllus excelsus Fox, 1938 – USA, Mexico
• Herpyllus fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico
• Herpyllus frio Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
• Herpyllus gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – USA, Mexico
• Herpyllus giganteus Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
• Herpyllus goaensis Tikader, 1982 – India
• Herpyllus hesperolus Chamberlin, 1928 – North America
• Herpyllus iguala Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
• Herpyllus lativulvus Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
• Herpyllus malkini Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
• Herpyllus paropanisadensis Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
• Herpyllus perditus (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
• Herpyllus perote Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
• Herpyllus pictus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Mexico
• Herpyllus propinquus (Keyserling, 1887) – North America
• Herpyllus proximus Denis, 1958 – Turkmenistan, Afghanistan
• Herpyllus regnans Chamberlin, 1936 – USA
• Herpyllus reservatus Chamberlin, 1936 – USA, Mexico
• Herpyllus scholasticus Chamberlin, 1922 – USA
• Herpyllus schwarzi (Banks, 1901) – USA
• Herpyllus sherus Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico
• Herpyllus vicinus Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan

See also

• Cesonia

References

1. "Gen. Herpyllus Hentz, 1832". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 4 June 2019.
2. Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1977). "A revision of the spider genera Herpyllus and Scotophaeus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 159: 4.
3. Hentz, N. M. (1832). "On North American spiders". Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts. 21: 99–122.
4. "Genus Herpyllus". BugGuide. Retrieved 4 June 2019.