''Chilongius'' is a

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an long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by

Norman I. Platnick Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Em ...

, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005.

Species

it contains five species, found only in

: *'' Chilongius eltofo'' Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile *'' Chilongius frayjorge'' Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile *'' Chilongius huasco'' Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile *'' Chilongius molles'' Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile *'' Chilongius palmas'' Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 (

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) – Chile

References

Araneomorphae genera Gnaphosidae Spiders of South America Endemic fauna of Chile {{Gnaphosidae-stub

Species

See also

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