Hypochilus
| Hypochilus | |
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| H. thorelli feeding | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Hypochilidae |
| Genus: | Marx, 1888[1] |
| Type species | |
| H. thorelli Marx, 1888
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| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Hypochilus is a genus of North American lampshade spiders that was first described by George Marx in 1888.[2]
Species
As of February 2022 it contains 11 species, all found in the United States:[1]
- Hypochilus bernardino Catley, 1994 – USA
- Hypochilus bonneti Gertsch, 1964 – USA
- Hypochilus coylei Platnick, 1987 – USA
- Hypochilus gertschi Hoffman, 1963 – USA
- Hypochilus jemez Catley, 1994 – USA
- Hypochilus kastoni Platnick, 1987 – USA
- Hypochilus petrunkevitchi Gertsch, 1958 – USA
- Hypochilus pococki Platnick, 1987 – USA
- Hypochilus sheari Platnick, 1987 – USA
- Hypochilus thorelli Marx, 1888 (type) – USA
- Hypochilus xomote (Hedin & Ciaccio, 2022) – USA
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Hypochilus Marx, 1888". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ Marx, G. (1888). "On a new and interesting spider". Entomologica Americana. 4: 160–162.