| Spermophorides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Spermophorides Wunderlich, 1992 [1] |
| Type species | |
| S. heterogibbifera (Wunderlich, 1987) | |
| Species | |
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Spermophorides is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1992. [2]
As of June 2019 [update] it contains thirty-four species, found in Africa, Portugal, France, Italy, and Spain: [1]
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Apostenus is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.
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