Leviellus Explained

Leviellus, synonym Stroemiellus, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by J. Wunderlich in 2004.^[1]

Species

it contains six species across Europe and Asia:^[2]

• Leviellus caspicus (Simon, 1889) – Central Asia, Iran
• Leviellus inconveniens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Lebanon, Israel
• Leviellus kochi (Thorell, 1870) – Southern Europe, North Africa, Central Asia
• Leviellus poriensis (Levy, 1987) – Israel
• Leviellus stroemi (Thorell, 1870) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Korea
• Leviellus thorelli (Ausserer, 1871) – France, Central, Southern and South-Eastern Europe

Notes and References

1. Wunderlich. J.. 2004. The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the families Tetragnathidae and Zygiellidae n. stat. in Baltic and Dominican amber, with notes on higher extant and fossil taxa.. Beiträge zur Araneologie. 899–955. 3.
2. Web site: Gen. Leviellus Wunderlich, 2004. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-13. Natural History Museum Bern.