Chilongius is a genus of Chilean long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005.[1][2]
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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: | Prodidomidae |
| Genus: | Chilongius Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. palmas Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005
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| Species | |
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Species
editAs of June 2019[update] it contains five species, found only in Chile:[1]
- Chilongius eltofo Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
- Chilongius frayjorge Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
- Chilongius huasco Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
- Chilongius molles Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
- Chilongius palmas Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 (type) – Chile
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Chilongius Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U.; Sorkin, L. N. (2005). "On the Chilean spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a revision of the genus Moreno Mello-Leitão". American Museum Novitates. 3499: 1–31. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)499[0001:OTCSOT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5668.