Herpyllus
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
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| image = Eastern Parson Spider - Herpyllus ecclesiasticus .jpg
| image_caption = Herpyllus ecclesiasticus
| taxon = Herpyllus
| authority = Hentz, 1832
| type_species = H. ecclesiasticus
| type_species_authority = Hentz, 1832
| subdivision = 33, see text
| synonyms = * Bonna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898{{cite journal|last1=Platnick|first1=N. I.|last2=Shadab|first2=M. U.|year=1977|title=A revision of the spider genera Herpyllus and Scotophaeus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America|journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|volume=159|page=4}}
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Herpyllus is a genus of ground spiders first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1832.{{cite journal|last=Hentz|first=N. M.|year=1832|title=On North American spiders.|journal=Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts|pages=99–122|volume=21}}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} it contains thirty-three species, including thirteen from North America:{{cite web|title=Genus Herpyllus|publisher=BugGuide|access-date=2019-06-04|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/2008}}{{cite journal|title=Gen. Herpyllus Hentz, 1832|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|access-date=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/938|doi=10.24436/2}}
- 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 (type) – North America
- Herpyllus emertoni Bryant, 1935 – USA
- Herpyllus excelsus Fox, 1938 – USA, Mexico
- Herpyllus fidelis (O. Pickard-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. Pickard-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
See also
References
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