Procopius is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1899.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Procopius Thorell, 1899[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. aethiops Thorell, 1899
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| Species | |
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11, see text | |
Species edit
As of April 2019[update] it contains eleven species:[1]
- Procopius aeneolus Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea
- Procopius aethiops Thorell, 1899 (type) – Cameroon
- Procopius affinis Lessert, 1946 – Congo
- Procopius ensifer Simon, 1910 – West Africa, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
- Procopius gentilis Simon, 1910 – West Africa
- Procopius granulosus Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Mbini), Cameroon
- Procopius g. helluo Simon, 1910 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
- Procopius laticeps Simon, 1910 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
- Procopius lesserti (Strand, 1916) – Congo, Rwanda
- Procopius luteifemur Schmidt, 1956 – Cameroon
- Procopius vittatus Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Procopius Thorell, 1899". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ Thorell, T. (1899). "Araneae Camerunenses (Africae occidentalis) quas anno 1891 collegerunt Cel. Dr Y. Sjöstedt aliique". Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 25 (1): 1–105.