Phruronellus Explained

Phruronellus is a genus of North American araneomorph spiders first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1921.^[1] Originally placed with the Liocranidae, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2002,^[2] and to the Phrurolithidae in 2014.^[3]

Species

it contains five species, all found in the United States:^[4]

• Phruronellus californicus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930 – USA
• Phruronellus floridae Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930 – USA
• Phruronellus formica (Banks, 1895) (type) – USA
• Phruronellus formidabilis Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930 – USA
• Phruronellus pictus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1930 – USA

Notes and References

1. Chamberlin. R. V.. 1921. A new genus and a new species of spiders in the group Phrurolitheae.. The Canadian Entomologist. 69–70. 53. 3. 10.4039/Ent5369-3. 84513559.
2. Bosselaers. J.. Jocqué. R.. 2002. Studies in Corinnidae: cladistic analysis of 38 corinnid and liocranid genera, and transfer of Phrurolithinae. Zoologica Scripta. 31. 3. 265. 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00080.x. 83947168.
3. Ramírez. M. J.. 2014. The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390. 343. 10.1206/821.1. 11336/18066. 86146467. free.
4. Gen. Phruronellus Chamberlin, 1921. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-22. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.