''Steriphopus'' 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 ...

of palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.

Species

it contains five species, found only in Asia,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and on the

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

: *'' Steriphopus benjamini'' Zonstein & Marusik, 2023 – India *''

Steriphopus crassipalpis ''Steriphopus'' is a genus of Palpimanidae, palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1887. Species it contains five species, found only in Asia, Sri Lanka,India and on the Seychelles: *''Steriphopus ...

Tamerlan Thorell Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...

, 1895 – Myanmar *''

Steriphopus lacertosus ''Steriphopus lacertosus'' is a species of spider in the family Palpimanidae Palpimanidae, also known as palp-footed spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. They are widely distributed throughout ...

Simon Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

, 1898 – Seychelles *'' Steriphopus macleayi ''

O. Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...

, 1873 ( type) – Sri Lanka *'' Steriphopus wangala'' Kadam,Tripathi & Sankaran, 2024 – India

References

Araneomorphae genera Palpimanidae Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

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