Elaver

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Elaver is a genus of sac spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1898.[2]

E. excepta — front of head (male), palpus (male), back enlarged four times to show markings (female)
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Elaver
Temporal range: Neogene–present
E. excepta
E. excepta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Clubionidae
Genus: Elaver
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898[1]
Type species
E. tigrina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
Species

52, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Clubionoides
  • Heterochemmis
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Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 52 species:[1]

  • Elaver achuca (Roddy, 1966)United States
  • Elaver albicans (Franganillo, 1930)Cuba, Jamaica
  • Elaver arawakan Saturnino & Bonaldo, 2015Haiti
  • Elaver balboae (Chickering, 1937) – Panama to Brazil, Cuba
  • Elaver barroana (Chickering, 1937)Panama
  • Elaver beni Saturnino & Bonaldo, 2015Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
  • Elaver brevipes (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Argentina
  • Elaver calcarata (Kraus, 1955)Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica
  • Elaver candelaria Saturnino & Bonaldo, 2015 – Mexico
  • Elaver carlota (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
  • Elaver chisosa (Roddy, 1966) – United States
  • Elaver crinophora (Franganillo, 1934) – Cuba
  • Elaver crocota (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico
  • Elaver darwichi Saturnino & Bonaldo, 2015 – Panama, Ecuador
  • Elaver depuncta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – Mexico
  • Elaver elaver (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
  • Elaver excepta (L. Koch, 1866)Canada, United States, Caribbean
  • Elaver gibarrai Chamé-Vázquez & Jiménez, 2025 – Mexico
  • Elaver grandivulvae (Mello-Leitão, 1930) – Brazil, Bolivia
  • Elaver helenae Saturnino & Bonaldo, 2015 – Mexico
  • Elaver hortoni (Chickering, 1937) – Panama
  • Elaver implicata (Gertsch, 1941)Hispaniola
  • Elaver juana (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba, Bahama Is.
  • Elaver juruti Saturnino & Bonaldo, 2015 – Brazil
  • Elaver kohlsi (Gertsch & Jellison, 1939) – United States
  • Elaver linguata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900)Guatemala
  • Elaver lizae Saturnino & Bonaldo, 2015 – Costa Rica
  • Elaver lutescens (Schmidt, 1971) – Panama to Brazil
  • Elaver madera (Roddy, 1966) – United States
  • Elaver mirabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua
  • Elaver mulaiki (Gertsch, 1935) – United States
  • Elaver multinotata (Chickering, 1937) – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
  • Elaver orvillei (Chickering, 1937) – Panama
  • Elaver placida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – Mexico
  • Elaver portoricensis (Petrunkevitch, 1930)Puerto Rico, Virgin Is.
  • Elaver quadrata (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
  • Elaver richardi (Gertsch, 1941)Honduras
  • Elaver sericea O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – Mexico
  • Elaver shinguito Saturnino & Bonaldo, 2015 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
  • Elaver sigillata (Petrunkevitch, 1925) – Panama, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
  • Elaver simplex (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Guatemala
  • Elaver tenera (Franganillo, 1935) – Cuba
  • Elaver tenuis (Franganillo, 1935) – Cuba
  • Elaver texana (Gertsch, 1933) – United States, Mexico
  • Elaver tigrina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – Mexico, Costa Rica (type species)
  • Elaver tourinhoae Saturnino & Bonaldo, 2015 – Colombia, Brazil
  • Elaver tricuspis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Guatemala, Panama
  • Elaver tristani (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
  • Elaver tumivulva (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
  • Elaver valvula (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Panama
  • Elaver vieirae Saturnino & Bonaldo, 2015 – Brazil, Peru
  • Elaver wheeleri (Roewer, 1933) – United States, Mexico

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