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}}

See also

References

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Category:Gnaphosidae genera

Category:Gnaphosidae

Category:Spiders of Asia

Category:Spiders of North America

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