Wulfila is a genus of ghost spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1895.[3] They are easily recognized by their pale white elongated legs.[2]

Wulfila
Temporal range: Neogene–present
W. saltabundus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Wulfila
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895[1]
Type species
W. pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895
Species

43, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains forty-three species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. ^ a b c Platnick, Norman I. (1974). "The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 146 (4): 205–266.
  3. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1895). Arachnida. Araneida.

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