Chilongius Explained

Chilongius is a genus of Chilean long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, found only in Chile:^[2]

• Chilongius eltofo Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
• Chilongius frayjorge Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
• Chilongius huasco Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
• Chilongius molles Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
• Chilongius palmas Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 (type) – Chile

See also

• List of Gnaphosidae species

Notes and References

1. Platnick. N. I.. Shadab. M. U.. Sorkin. L. N.. 2005. On the Chilean spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a revision of the genus Moreno Mello-Leitão. American Museum Novitates. 1–31. 3499. Norman_I._Platnick. 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)499[0001:OTCSOT]2.0.CO;2. 2246/5668. free.
2. Gen. Chilongius Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.