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Yoruba (spider)

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Genus of spiders

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
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. As of December 2021 it contains only two species: Y. ibadanus and Y. toubensis.

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
Taxon identifiers
Yoruba

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