Herpyllus

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Gnaphosoidea Scientific name Herpyllus Rank Genus		Class Arachnida Family Gnaphosidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider

Similar Herpyllus ecclesiasticus, Cesonia, Sergiolus, Callilepis, Ground spider

Herpyllus ecclesiasticus eastern parson spider

Herpyllus is a genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae.

The genus Herpyllus contains the following species:

Herpyllus australis (Holmberg, 1881) — Argentina

Herpyllus bensonae Fox, 1938 — Mexico

Herpyllus brachet Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Mexico

Herpyllus bubulcus Chamberlin, 1922 — USA, Mexico

Herpyllus calcuttaensis Biswas, 1984 — India

Herpyllus coahuilanus Gertsch & Davis, 1940 — Mexico

Herpyllus cockerelli (Banks, 1901) — USA, Mexico

Herpyllus convallis Chamberlin, 1936 — USA, Mexico

Herpyllus coreanus Paik, 1992 — Korea

Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832 — North America

Herpyllus emertoni Bryant, 1935 — USA

Herpyllus excelsus Fox, 1938 — USA, Mexico

Herpyllus fidelis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1898) — Mexico

Herpyllus frio Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Mexico

Herpyllus gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — USA, Mexico

Herpyllus giganteus Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Mexico

Herpyllus goaensis Tikader, 1982 — India

Herpyllus hesperolus Chamberlin, 1928 — North America

Herpyllus iguala Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Mexico

Herpyllus lativulvus Denis, 1958 — Afghanistan

Herpyllus malkini Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Mexico

Herpyllus paropanisadensis Denis, 1958 — Afghanistan

Herpyllus perditus (Banks, 1898) — Mexico

Herpyllus perote Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Mexico

Herpyllus pictus (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899) — Mexico

Herpyllus propinquus (Keyserling, 1887) — North America

Herpyllus proximus Denis, 1958 — Turkmenistan, Afghanistan

Herpyllus regnans Chamberlin, 1936 — USA

Herpyllus reservatus Chamberlin, 1936 — USA, Mexico

Herpyllus scholasticus Chamberlin, 1922 — USA

Herpyllus schwarzi (Banks, 1901) — USA

Herpyllus sherus Platnick & Shadab, 1977 — Mexico

Herpyllus vicinus Denis, 1958 — Afghanistan

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