Apopyllus

Apopyllus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Apopyllus Platnick & Shadab, 1984[1]
Type species
A. silvestrii (Simon, 1905)
Species
10, see text

Apopyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1984.[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains ten species:[1]

• Apopyllus aeolicus Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
• Apopyllus atlanticus Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
• Apopyllus centralis Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
• Apopyllus gandarela Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
• Apopyllus huanuco Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Peru
• Apopyllus ivieorum Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Mexico
• Apopyllus malleco Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Chile
• Apopyllus now Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Curaçao, Colombia
• Apopyllus silvestrii (Simon, 1905) (type) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile
• Apopyllus suavis (Simon, 1893) – Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Apopyllus Platnick & Shadab, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
2. Platnick, N. I.; Shadab, M. U. (1984). "A revision of the Neotropical spiders of the new genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". American Museum Novitates (2788): 1–9.