Priscula
Genus of spiders
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Priscula is a genus of South American cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[4]
| Priscula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Priscula Simon, 1893[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. gularis Simon, 1893 | |
| Species | |
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20, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
As of April 2022[update] it contains 20 species, found only in South America:[1]
- Priscula acarite (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
- Priscula andinensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
- Priscula annulipes (Keyserling, 1877) – Colombia
- Priscula binghamae (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
- Priscula bolivari (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
- Priscula chejapi González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
- Priscula gularis Simon, 1893 (type) – Ecuador
- Priscula huila Huber, 2000 – Colombia
- Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
- Priscula limonensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
- Priscula paeza Huber, 2000 – Colombia
- Priscula paila (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
- Priscula pallisteri Huber, 2000 – Peru
- Priscula piapoco Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
- Priscula piedraensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
- Priscula salmeronica González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
- Priscula taruma Huber, 2000 – Guyana
- Priscula tunebo Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
- Priscula ulai González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
- Priscula venezuelana Simon, 1893 – Venezuela
