Paenula is a monotypic genus of Ecuadorian huntsman spiders containing the single species, Paenula paupercula. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897,[2] and is found in Ecuador.[1]

Paenula paupercula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Paenula
Simon, 1897[1]
Species:
P. paupercula
Binomial name
Paenula paupercula
Simon, 1897

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Paenula Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1897). "Etudes arachnologiques. 27e Mémoire. XLII. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 65: 465–510.