Periegops

Updated on Dec 10, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider		Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Araneomorphae Rank Genus

Family PeriegopidaeSimon, 1893 Similar Cycloctenidae, Stenochilidae, Drymusa, Senoculidae, Synotaxidae

Periegops is a genus of spiders, the only genus in the family Periegopidae, with three described species. Periegops had been long considered to be members of Sicariidae or Segestriidae until Raymond Forster elevated them to the family level in 1995.

Periegops has only six eyes, unlike most spiders, which have eight. Adult P. suteri are about 8 mm long.

Species

Periegops Simon, 1893

Periegops australia Forster, 1995 — Australia (Queensland)

Periegops keani Vink, Dupérré & Malumbres-Olarte, 2013 — New Zealand (North Island)

Periegops suteri (Urquhart, 1892) — New Zealand (South Island)

References

Periegops Wikipedia

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