Leptopilos

Leptopilos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Leptopilos Levy, 2009[1]
Type species
L. tenerrimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Species
10, see text

Leptopilos is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by G. Levy in 2009.[2]

Species

As of October 2022^[update] it contains ten species:[1]

• Leptopilos butleri Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Leptopilos digitus Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – South Africa
• Leptopilos hadjissaranti (Chatzaki, 2002) – Greece (Crete)
• Leptopilos lakhish Levy, 2009 – Israel
• Leptopilos levantinus Levy, 2009 – Greece, Israel, Iran
• Leptopilos manolisi (Chatzaki, 2002) – Greece (Crete), Israel
• Leptopilos memorialis (Spassky, 1940) – Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Mongolia
• Leptopilos pupa (Dalmas, 1919) – Egypt
• Leptopilos tenerrimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (type) – Libya, Israel
• Leptopilos vasivulva Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa

References

1. "Gen. Leptopilos Levy, 2009". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
2. Levy, G. (2009). "New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel". Zootaxa. 2066: 1–49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2066.1.1.