Rhytidicolus Explained

Rhytidicolus is a monotypic genus of South American wafer trapdoor spiders containing the single species, Rhytidicolus structor. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1889, and has only been found in Venezuela.[1] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1985[2] and Rhytidicolidae in 2022.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Gen. Rhytidicolus Simon, 1889. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-31. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.
  2. Raven. R. J.. 1985. The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182. 132.
  3. Montes de Oca . Laura . Indicatti . Rafael P. . Opatova . Vera . Almeida . Marlus . Pérez-Miles . Fernando . Bond . Jason E. . March 2022 . Phylogenomic analysis, reclassification, and evolution of South American nemesioid burrowing mygalomorph spiders . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . en . 168 . 107377 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107377. 34954378 . 263450448 .

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