Lauricius

Lauricius
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Genus: Lauricius
Simon, 1888
Type species
L. hemicloeinus
Simon, 1888
Species

Lauricius is a genus of North American false wolf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1888. As of September 2019 it contains two species, found in the United States and Mexico: L. hemicloeinus and L. hooki. Originally placed with the sac spiders, it was transferred to the Zoropsidae in 1967.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Lauricius Simon, 1888". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1888). "Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'Amérique centrale et des Antilles". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 8 (6): 203–216.
  3. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 243.