Urepus

Urepus is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders containing the single species, Urepus rossi. It was first described by V. D. Roth in 1967,[2] and has only been found in Peru.[1]

Urepus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Amaurobiidae
Genus: Urepus
Species:
U. rossi
Binomial name
Urepus rossi
Roth, 1967[1]

References

  1. "Gen. Urepus Roth, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Roth, V. D. (1967). "A review of the South American spiders of the family Agelenidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 134: 297–346.


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