Usofila | |
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U. pacifica, adult female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Telemidae |
Genus: | Usofila Keyserling, 1891 [1] |
Type species | |
U. gracilis Keyserling, 1891 | |
Species | |
4, see text |
Usofila is a genus of American long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1891. [2] Originally placed with the Ochyroceratidae, it was transferred to the Telemidae in 1973. [3]
As of September 2019 [update] it contains four species, found in the United States: [1]
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