Litoporus Explained

Litoporus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.^[1]

Species

it contains eleven species, found only in South America:^[2]

• Litoporus aerius Simon, 1893 (type) – Venezuela
• Litoporus agricola Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
• Litoporus dimona Huber, 2000 – Brazil
• Litoporus iguassuensis Mello-Leitão, 1918 – Brazil
• Litoporus lopez Huber, 2000 – Colombia
• Litoporus manu Huber, 2000 – Peru
• Litoporus pakitza Huber, 2000 – Peru
• Litoporus saul Huber, 2000 – French Guiana
• Litoporus secoya Huber, 2000 – Colombia
• Litoporus uncatus (Simon, 1893) – Northern South America
• Litoporus yucumo Huber, 2000 – Bolivia

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1893. Histoire naturelle das araignées. 257–488. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Litoporus Simon, 1893. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.