Vindullus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.[2] Though often considered a synonym of Olios, it has been validated as its own genus.[3][4]

Vindullus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Vindullus
Simon, 1880[1]
Type species
V. gracilipes
(Taczanowski, 1872)
Species

8, see text

Species

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As of September 2019 it contains eight species, found in South America and Guatemala:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Vindullus Simon, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1880). "Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides)". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 34: 223–351.
  3. ^ Rheims, C. A.; Jäger, P. (2008). "Revision of the Neotropical huntsman spider genus Vindullus Simon (Araneae, Sparassidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 36 (2): 221. doi:10.1636/CA07-90.1. S2CID 85985786.
  4. ^ Caporiacco, L. di (1955). "Estudios sobre los aracnidos de Venezuela. 2a parte: Araneae". Acta Biologica Venezuelica. 1: 265–448.