Wulfila (spider)

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Wulfila
Temporal range: Neogene–present
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W. saltabundus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Wulfila
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 [1]
Type species
W. pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895
Species

43, see text

Synonyms [1]

Wulfila is a genus of ghost spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1895. [3] They are easily recognized by their pale white elongated legs. [2]

Contents

Species

As of April 2019 it contains forty-three species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. 1 2 3 Platnick, Norman I. (1974). "The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 146 (4): 205–266.
  3. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1895). Arachnida. Araneida.

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