Loureedia

Loureedia is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by J. A. Miller in 2012.^[2] As of July 2020^[update], it contained four species: L. annulipes, L. colleni, L. lucasi and L. phoenixi.^[1] This genus of velvet spiders that live underground are named after Lou Reed, songwriter, guitarist and singer for the Velvet Underground. In 2020, researchers discovered the fourth species, L. phoenixi, in Iran; it is named after Joaquin Phoenix.^[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Subphylum:Chelicerata

Class:Arachnida

Order:Araneae

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Loureedia
Male L. annulipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Eresidae
Genus:	Loureedia Miller, Griswold, Scharff, Řezáč, Szűts & Marhabaie, 2012[1]
Type species
L. annulipes (Lucas, 1857)
Species[1]
L. annulipes (Lucas, 1857) – Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel L. colleni Henriques, Miñano & Pérez-Zarcos, 2018 – Spain L. lucasi (Simon, 1873) – Morocca, Algeria L. phoenixi Zamani et Marusik, 2020 – Iran

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L. annulipes was formerly considered a member of Eresus.