Gephyrellula violacea (Mello-Leitão, 1918) is a animal in the Philodromidae family, order Araneae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Gephyrellula violacea (Mello-Leitão, 1918)

Gephyrellula violacea (Mello-Leitão, 1918)

Gephyrellula is a monotypic genus of Brazilian running crab spiders holding only the species Gephyrellula violacea.

Family
Genus
Gephyrellula
Order
Araneae
Class
Arachnida

About Gephyrellula violacea (Mello-Leitão, 1918)

Gephyrellula is a monotypic genus of Brazilian running crab spiders, meaning it contains only one species: Gephyrellula violacea. This genus was first described by Embrik Strand in 1932, and the entire genus is found only in Brazil.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Philodromidae Gephyrellula

More from Philodromidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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