Eleleis is a genus of spiders in the family Prodidominae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893,[1] and is only found in southern Africa.[2]
| Eleleis | |
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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: | Eleleis Simon, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| E. crinita Simon, 1893
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| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Species
editAs of April 2022[update] it contains nine species:[2]
- Eleleis crinita Simon, 1893 – South Africa
- Eleleis etosha Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
- Eleleis haddadi Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
- Eleleis himba Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
- Eleleis leleupi Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
- Eleleis limpopo Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Zambia, South Africa
- Eleleis luderitz Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
- Eleleis okavango Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia, Botswana
- Eleleis solitaria Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Cape Verde
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ a b "Gen. Eleleis Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 26 April 2022.