Priscula Explained

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

Species

it contains 20 species, found only in South America:^[2]

• Priscula acarite (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
• Priscula andinensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula annulipes (Keyserling, 1877) – Colombia
• Priscula binghamae (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
• Priscula bolivari (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
• Priscula chejapi González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula gularis Simon, 1893 (type) – Ecuador
• Priscula huila Huber, 2000 – Colombia
• Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula limonensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula paeza Huber, 2000 – Colombia
• Priscula paila (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
• Priscula pallisteri Huber, 2000 – Peru
• Priscula piapoco Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
• Priscula piedraensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula salmeronica González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula taruma Huber, 2000 – Guyana
• Priscula tunebo Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
• Priscula ulai González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula venezuelana Simon, 1893 – Venezuela

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1893. Histoire naturelle das araignées. 257–488. Paris 1. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Priscula 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.