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Promyrmekiaphila

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Genus of spiders

Promyrmekiaphila
Promyrmekiaphila sp. trap door
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Euctenizidae
Genus: Promyrmekiaphila
Schenkel, 1950
Type species
Promyrmekiaphila clathrata
(Simon, 1891)

Promyrmekiaphila is a genus of North American mygalomorph spiders in the family Euctenizidae. The genus was first described by E. Schenkel in 1950. As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in the United States: Promyrmekiaphila clathrata and Promyrmekiaphila winnemem.

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Promyrmekiaphila Schenkel, 1950". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Schenkel, E. (1950). "Spinnentiere aus dem westlichen Nordamerika, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Schenkel-Rudin. Erster Teil". Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel. 61: 28–92.
Taxon identifiers
Promyrmekiaphila


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