Herpyllus

Herpyllus is a genus of ground spiders first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1832.

==Species== it contains thirty-three species, including thirteen from North America: Herpyllus australis (Holmberg, 1881) – Argentina Herpyllus bensonae Fox, 1938 – Mexico Herpyllus brachet Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico Herpyllus bubulcus Chamberlin, 1922 – USA, Mexico Herpyllus calcuttaensis Biswas, 1984 – India Herpyllus coahuilanus Gertsch & Davis, 1940 – Mexico Herpyllus cockerelli (Banks, 1901) – USA, Mexico Herpyllus convallis Chamberlin, 1936 – USA, Mexico Herpyllus coreanus Paik, 1992 – Korea Herpyllus ecclesiasticus Hentz, 1832 (type) – North America Herpyllus emertoni Bryant, 1935 – USA Herpyllus excelsus Fox, 1938 – USA, Mexico Herpyllus fidelis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico Herpyllus frio Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico Herpyllus gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – USA, Mexico Herpyllus giganteus Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico Herpyllus goaensis Tikader, 1982 – India Herpyllus hesperolus Chamberlin, 1928 – North America Herpyllus iguala Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico Herpyllus lativulvus Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan Herpyllus malkini Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico Herpyllus paropanisadensis Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan Herpyllus perditus (Banks, 1898) – Mexico Herpyllus perote Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico Herpyllus pictus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Mexico Herpyllus propinquus (Keyserling, 1887) – North America Herpyllus proximus Denis, 1958 – Turkmenistan, Afghanistan Herpyllus regnans Chamberlin, 1936 – USA Herpyllus reservatus Chamberlin, 1936 – USA, Mexico Herpyllus scholasticus Chamberlin, 1922 – USA Herpyllus schwarzi (Banks, 1901) – USA Herpyllus sherus Platnick & Shadab, 1977 – Mexico Herpyllus vicinus Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan