Leptopilos Explained

Leptopilos is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by G. Levy in 2009.^[1]

Species

it contains ten species:^[2]

• Leptopilos butleri Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Leptopilos digitus Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – South Africa
• Leptopilos hadjissaranti (Chatzaki, 2002) – Greece (Crete)
• Leptopilos lakhish Levy, 2009 – Israel
• Leptopilos levantinus Levy, 2009 – Greece, Israel, Iran
• Leptopilos manolisi (Chatzaki, 2002) – Greece (Crete), Israel
• Leptopilos memorialis (Spassky, 1940) – Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Mongolia
• Leptopilos pupa (Dalmas, 1919) – Egypt
• Leptopilos tenerrimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (type) – Libya, Israel
• Leptopilos vasivulva Haddad & Booysen, 2022 – Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Notes and References

1. Levy. G.. 2009. New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel.. Zootaxa. 1–49. 2066. 10.11646/zootaxa.2066.1.1 .
2. 2022 . Gen. Leptopilos Levy, 2009 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . 5 October 2022 . World Spider Catalog Version 23.5.