Sphodros
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Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox
Sphodros is a genus of North American purseweb spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1835.[1] It was considered a synonym of Atypus until 1980.[2][3]
Species
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Template:As of it contains seven species in the United States, Canada, and Mexico:[3][4]
- Sphodros abboti Walckenaer, 1835 (type) – Southern Georgia, Northern Florida
- Sphodros atlanticus Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Eastern and Central United States
- Sphodros coylei Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – South Carolina, Virginia
- Sphodros fitchi Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Iowa
- Sphodros niger (Hentz, 1842) – Canada, Northeastern United States (south to Tennessee and east to Kansas)
- Sphodros paisano Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 – Southeastern Texas, Mexico
- Sphodros rufipes (Latreille, 1829) – Southeastern United States (east from Texas)