Virgilus

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Virgilus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Amaurobiidae
Genus: Virgilus
Species:
V. normalis
Binomial name
Virgilus normalis
Roth, 1967 [1]

Virgilus is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders containing the single species, Virgilus normalis. It was first described by V. D. Roth in 1967, [2] and has only been found in Ecuador. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Virgilus Roth, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Roth, V. D. (1967). "A review of the South American spiders of the family Agelenidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 134: 297–346.