Apopyllus Explained

Apopyllus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick & M. U. Shadab in 1984.^[1]

Species

it contains ten species:^[2]

• Apopyllus aeolicus Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
• Apopyllus atlanticus Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
• Apopyllus centralis Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
• Apopyllus gandarela Azevedo, Ott, Griswold & Santos, 2016 – Brazil
• Apopyllus huanuco Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Peru
• Apopyllus ivieorum Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Mexico
• Apopyllus malleco Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Chile
• Apopyllus now Platnick & Shadab, 1984 – Curaçao, Colombia
• Apopyllus silvestrii (Simon, 1905) (type) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile
• Apopyllus suavis (Simon, 1893) – Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Argentina

Notes and References

1. Platnick. N. I.. Shadab. M. U.. 1984. A revision of the Neotropical spiders of the new genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae).. American Museum Novitates. 1–9. 2788.
2. Gen. Apopyllus Platnick & Shadab, 1984. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.