''Rubrius'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

n tangled nest 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 1887.

Species

it contains seven species found in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

and

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

: *'' Rubrius annulatus'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Chile *'' Rubrius antarcticus'' (Karsch, 1880) – Chile, Argentina *'' Rubrius castaneifrons'' (Simon, 1884) – Chile *'' Rubrius lineatus'' Roth, 1967 – Chile *''

Rubrius major ''Rubrius'' is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887. Species it contains seven species found in Chile and Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, Rep� ...

'' (Simon, 1904) – Chile *'' Rubrius scottae'' Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Argentina *'' Rubrius ululus'' Roth, 1967 – Chile

References

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