Hypochilus

Hypochilus
H. thorelli feeding
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Hypochilidae
Genus:	Hypochilus Marx, 1888 [1]
Type species
H. thorelli Marx, 1888
Species
10, see text

Hypochilus is a genus of North American lampshade spiders that was first described by George Marx in 1888. ^[2]

Species

As of February 2022 ^[update] it contains 11 species, all found in the United States: ^[1]

• Hypochilus bernardino Catley, 1994 – US
• Hypochilus bonneti Gertsch, 1964 – US
• Hypochilus coylei Platnick, 1987 – US
• Hypochilus gertschi Hoffman, 1963 – US
• Hypochilus jemez Catley, 1994 – US
• Hypochilus kastoni Platnick, 1987 – US
• Hypochilus petrunkevitchi Gertsch, 1958 – US
• Hypochilus pococki Platnick, 1987 – US
• Hypochilus sheari Platnick, 1987 – US
• Hypochilus thorelli Marx, 1888 (type) – US
• Hypochilus xomote (Hedin & Ciaccio, 2022) – US

References

1. "Gen. Hypochilus Marx, 1888". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-11.
2. Marx, G. (1888). "On a new and interesting spider". Entomologica Americana. 4: 160–162.