Procopius (spider)

Procopius is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1899.[2]

Procopius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Procopius
Thorell, 1899[1]
Type species
P. aethiops
Thorell, 1899
Species

11, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains eleven species:[1]

  • Procopius aeneolus Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea
  • Procopius aethiops Thorell, 1899 (type) – Cameroon
  • Procopius affinis Lessert, 1946 – Congo
  • Procopius ensifer Simon, 1910 – West Africa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
  • Procopius gentilis Simon, 1910 – West Africa
  • Procopius granulosus Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Mbini), Cameroon
    • Procopius g. helluo Simon, 1910 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
  • Procopius laticeps Simon, 1910 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
  • Procopius lesserti (Strand, 1916) – Congo, Rwanda
  • Procopius luteifemur Schmidt, 1956 – Cameroon
  • Procopius vittatus Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon

References

  1. "Gen. Procopius Thorell, 1899". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. Thorell, T. (1899). "Araneae Camerunenses (Africae occidentalis) quas anno 1891 collegerunt Cel. Dr Y. Sjöstedt aliique". Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 25 (1): 1–105.


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