Pulchellodromus
| Pulchellodromus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Philodromidae |
| Genus: | Pulchellodromus Wunderlich, 2012[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. pulchellus (Lucas, 1846)
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| Species | |
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Pulchellodromus is a genus of running crab spiders that was first separated from Philodromus by J. Wunderlich in 2012.[2]
Distribution
Spiders in this genus are found in parts of Africa, Europe and Asia.[1]
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes thirteen species:[1]
- Pulchellodromus afroglaucinus (Muster & Bosmans, 2007) – Algeria
- Pulchellodromus bistigma (Simon, 1870) – Mediterranean
- Pulchellodromus glaucinus (Simon, 1870) – Mediterranean
- Pulchellodromus lamellipalpis (Muster, 2007) – Algeria
- Pulchellodromus mainlingensis (Hu & Li, 1987) – Tibet
- Pulchellodromus medius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan), Iran
- Pulchellodromus navarrus Kastrygina, Kovblyuk & Polchaninova, 2016 – Spain
- Pulchellodromus pardalis (Muster & Bosmans, 2007) – Portugal, Spain, Algeria to Egypt
- Pulchellodromus pulchellus (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean (type species)
- Pulchellodromus punctiger (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908) – Canary Islands, Spain
- Pulchellodromus ruficapillus (Simon, 1885) – Mediterranean to Kazakhstan
- Pulchellodromus simoni (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Portugal, Spain, Algeria
- Pulchellodromus wunderlichi (Muster & Thaler, 2007) – Canary Islands
In synonymy:
- P. glaucinoides (Wunderlich, 1987) = Pulchellodromus punctiger (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908)
- P. glaucinus (Strand, 1913) = Pulchellodromus pulchellus (Lucas, 1846)
- P. marionschmidti (Schmidt, 1990) = Pulchellodromus pulchellus (Lucas, 1846)
- P. salinarum (Denis, 1939) = Pulchellodromus glaucinus (Simon, 1870)
- P. torquatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) = Pulchellodromus pulchellus (Lucas, 1846)
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Pulchellodromus Wunderlich, 2012". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ Wunderlich, J. (2012). "Fifteen papers on extant and fossil spiders (Araneae)". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 7: 38.
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