Urozelotes
| Urozelotes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Urozelotes Mello-Leitão, 1938[1] |
| Type species | |
| U. rusticus (L. Koch, 1872)
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Urozelotes is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1938.[2]
Species[edit]
As of May 2019[update] it contains five species:[1]
- Urozelotes kabenge FitzPatrick, 2005 – Zambia
- Urozelotes mysticus Platnick & Murphy, 1984 – Italy
- Urozelotes patulusus Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018 – India
- Urozelotes rusticus (L. Koch, 1872) (type) – Both Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia. Native area unknown, probably Old World.
- Urozelotes trifidus Tuneva, 2003 – France, Russia (Europe)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gen. Urozelotes Mello-Leitão, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1938). "Algunas arañas nuevas de la Argentina". Revista del Museo de la Plata. New Series. 1: 89–118.[clarification needed]