Yoruba (spider)

Yoruba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Yoruba
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020[1]
Type species
Y. ibadanus
Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020
Species
  • Yoruba ibadanus Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020
  • Yoruba toubensis Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020

Yoruba is a small genus of western African ground spiders first described by B. V. B. Rodrigues and C. A. Rheims in 2020 and added to the subfamily Prodidominae.[2] As of December 2021 it contains only two species: Y. ibadanus and Y. toubensis.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Yoruba Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  2. ^ Rodrigues, B. V. B.; Rheims, C. A. (2020). "An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)". Zootaxa. 4799 (1): 1–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1. PMID 33056686. S2CID 222823069.

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