''Psellocoptus'' is a genus of South American running spiders first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1896. When

discovered the first species (''P. flavostriatus''), he described it as a "beautiful and large species from the forests of Venezuela which sfound running rapidly on the trunks of trees". The species name ''flavostriatus'' means "striped yellow". ''P. buchlii'' is named after the late Harro Buchli, and the species name ''prodontus'' is from the Greek meaning "tooth in front". Two other species were found in 1971, and are very similar to the first, though the genus as a whole is quite distinct from any other in general form and characteristics. It probably became isolated from the more widespread genera '' Myrmecium'' and '' Castianeira''. While the similar genera ''Myrmecium'' and ''

Sphecotypus ''Sphecotypus'' is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1895. Species it contains four species: *'' Sphecotypus birmanicus'' ( Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar *'' Sphecotypus borneensis'' Yamasaki, 2017 – Mal ...

'' also have an indented

carapace A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tor ...

, ''Psellocoptus'' has a rounded anterior end and a relatively unsegmented red-brown, shiny, slightly granulated carapace.

Species

it contains only three species, all found in Venezuela. *'' P. buchlii'' Reiskind, 1971 – Venezuela *'' P. flavostriatus'' Simon, 1896 – Venezuela *'' P. prodontus'' Reiskind, 1971 – Venezuela

References

Araneomorphae genera Corinnidae Spiders of South America Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Corinnidae-stub