Priscula is a genus of South American cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[4]

Priscula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Priscula
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
P. gularis
Simon, 1893
Species

20, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of April 2022 it contains 20 species, found only in South America:[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Priscula Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 128. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2.
  3. ^ Huber, B. A. (1997). "Redescriptions of Eugène Simon's neotropical pholcids (Araneae, Pholcidae)". Zoosystema. 19: 595.
  4. ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris 1. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.