Vulsor Explained

Vulsor is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Viridasiidae, first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.^[1] Originally placed with the wandering spiders, it was moved to the Viridasiidae in 2015.^[2]

Species

it contains eight species:^[3]

• Vulsor bidens Simon, 1889 (type) – Comoros, Mayotte
• Vulsor isaloensis (Ono, 1993) – Madagascar
• Vulsor occidentalis Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
• Vulsor penicillatus Simon, 1896 – Madagascar
• Vulsor quartus Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
• Vulsor quintus Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
• Vulsor septimus Strand, 1907 – Madagascar
• Vulsor sextus Strand, 1907 – Madagascar

See also

• Viridasius

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1889. Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXI. Descriptions d'espèces et the genres nouveaux de Madagascar et de Mayotte.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 223–236. 8. 6.
2. Polotow. D.. Carmichael. A.. Griswold. C. E.. 2015. Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Lycosoidea spiders (Araneae, Entelegynae). Invertebrate Systematics. 29. 2. 152. 10.1071/IS14041. 54940773. free.
3. Gen. Vulsor Simon, 1889. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-25. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.