Coelotes is a genus of funnel weavers first described by John Blackwall in 1841.[4] A large number of species are found throughout Europe and Asia.[1]

Coelotes
Coelotes terrestris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Coelotes
Blackwall, 1841[1]
Type species
Clubiona saxatilis[2]
Blackwall, 1833
Species

189, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains 189 species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Coelotes Blackwall, 1841". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  2. ^ ICZN (1979). "Opinion 1119. Amaurobius C.L. Koch, 1837, and Coelotes Blackwall, 1841 (Araneae): Conserved under the Plenary Powers". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 35 (4): 216–220.
  3. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 273.
  4. ^ Blackwall, J. (1841). "The difference in the number of eyes with which spiders are provided proposed as the basis of their distribution into tribes; with descriptions of newly discovered species and the characters of a new family and three new genera of spiders". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 18: 601–670. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1838.tb00210.x.
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