Tivodrassus Explained

Tivodrassus is a genus of Mexican long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1936.^[1] It was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018,^[2] but was returned to Prodidominae in 2022.

Species

it contains four species, found only in Mexico:^[3]

• Tivodrassus ethophor Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (type) – Mexico
• Tivodrassus farias Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Mexico
• Tivodrassus pecki Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Mexico
• Tivodrassus reddelli Platnick & Shadab, 1976 – Mexico

See also

• List of Prodidominae species

Notes and References

1. Chamberlin. R. V.. Ivie. W.. 1936. New spiders from Mexico and Panama. Bulletin of the University of Utah. 1–103. 27. 5. Ralph_Vary_Chamberlin. Wilton_Ivie.
2. Azevedo. G. H. F. Griswold. C. E.. Santos. A. J.. 2018. Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae). Cladistics. 34. 6. 614. 10.1111/cla.12226. free.
3. Web site: Gen. Tivodrassus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.