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Phruronellus

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Phruronellus was a genus of North American araneomorph spiders first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1921. Originally placed with the Liocranidae, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2002, and to the Phrurolithidae in 2014.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyPhrurolithidae

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Corinnidae
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taxon name
Phruronellus
taxon rank
genus
endemic to
United States
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Phruronellus was a genus of North American araneomorph spiders first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1921. Originally placed with the Liocranidae, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2002, and to the Phrurolithidae in 2014.

As of 2024, the genus is a junior synonym of Scotinella Banks, 1911.

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