Family Eresidae Order Spider | Species L. annulipes Rank Genus | |
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Similar Loureedia annulipes, Seothyra, Aleiodes shakirae, Aleiodes gaga, Pachygnatha zappa | ||
Loureedia
Loureedia is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Eresidae, containing a single species, Loureedia annulipes, found in the Mediterranean (Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Israel).
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Name
Being a velvet spider that lives underground, the genus was named after musician Lou Reed, lead singer of the group Velvet Underground. L. annulipes was formerly considered a member of Eresus.
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Loureedia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA