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Mygalomorphae
The Mygalomorphae, , are an infraorder of spiders. The latter name comes from the orientation of the fangs which point straight down and do not cross each other .-Description:...
spiders that occurs in the USA and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. Its species were removed from genus Atypus
Atypus
Atypus or Purse web spiders is a genus of mygalomorph spiders. It occurs in Eurasia, with one species reaching into North Africa, and one species in the USA. Only three of the described species occur in Europe: A. piceus, A. affinis and A...
and put in its own genus in 1980.
Species
- Sphodros abboti Walckenaer, 1835 — USA
- Sphodros atlanticus GertschWillis J. GertschWillis John Gertsch was an American arachnologist. He classified a number of species, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider....
& PlatnickNorman I. PlatnickNorman I. Platnick is an American arachnologist, and the Peter J. Solomon Family Curator of the invertebrate zoology department of the American Museum of Natural History. A 1973 Ph.D...
, 1980 — USA - Sphodros coylei Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 — USA
- Sphodros fitchi Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 — USA
- Sphodros nigerSphodros nigerThe Black purse-web spider is a mygalomorph spider from the Eastern United States.-Description:Males have a body length of about 11 mm, 29 mm with extended legs. The body is black, except for chocolate brown legs. Although the species was first described in 1842, females were first...
(HentzNicholas Marcellus HentzNicholas Marcellus Hentz was a French American arachnologist. Hentz was born in Versailles, France. He immigrated to the United States in 1816 and became a pioneering zoologist in the field of arachnology....
, 1842) — USA, Canada - Sphodros paisano Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 — USA, Mexico
- Sphodros rufipesSphodros rufipesThe Red legged purseweb spider is a mygalomorph spider from the southern USA, though it has been photographed as far north as Indiana, Missouri and New Jersey.The species name rufipes is Latin for "red foot"....
(LatreillePierre André LatreillePierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...
, 1829) — USA