Loureedia

Loureedia is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by J. A. Miller in 2012.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only three species: L. annulipes, L. colleni, and L. lucasi.[1] This genus of velvet spiders that live underground are named after Lou Reed, guitarist and singer for the Velvet Underground. In 2020, researchers discovered a fourth species, "L. phoenixi", in Iran.[3]

Loureedia
Male L. annulipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Eresidae
Genus: Loureedia
Miller, Griswold, Scharff, Řezáč, Szűts & Marhabaie, 2012[1]
Type species
L. annulipes
(Lucas, 1857)
Species
  • L. annulipes (Lucas, 1857) – Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel
  • L. colleni Henriques, Miñano & Pérez-Zarcos, 2018 – Spain
  • L. lucasi (Simon, 1873) – Morocca, Algeria

L. annulipes was formerly considered a member of Eresus.

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Loureedia Miller, Griswold, Scharff, Řezáč, Szűts & Marhabaie, 2012". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  2. Miller, J. A.; et al. (2012). "The velvet spiders: an atlas of the Eresidae (Arachnida, Araneae)". ZooKeys. 195: 1–144.
  3. Weisberger, Mindy. "Scientists discover spider wearing 'Joker' makeup, name it after Batman villain". Retrieved 27 June 2020.
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