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| Brevitubus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Phrurolithidae |
| Genus: | Brevitubus Zhu, Liao, Yin & Xu, 2025[1] |
| Type species | |
| B. ellipticus Zhu, Liao, Yin & Xu, 2025 | |
| Species | |
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Brevitubus is a genus of spiders in the family Phrurolithidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The genus name is Latin for "short tube", referring to the connecting tubes of females.[1]
Species
[edit]As of January 2026[update], this genus includes eight species:[2]
- Brevitubus ailan (Liu, Xu, Xiao, Yin & Peng, 2019) – China
- Brevitubus ellipticus Zhu, Liao, Yin & Xu, 2025 – China
- Brevitubus haitun (Liu, Xu & Yin, 2023) – China
- Brevitubus jiulong (Liu & S. Q. Li, 2022) – China
- Brevitubus lunatus Zhu, Liao, Yin & Xu, 2025 – China
- Brevitubus pinglong (Liang, Q. Li, Yin, H. Li & Xu, 2021) – China
- Brevitubus subellipticus Zhu, Liao, Yin & Xu, 2025 – China
- Brevitubus subpinglong Zhu, Liao, Yin & Xu, 2025 – China
References
[edit]- 1 2 Zhu, S. X.; Liao, R. R.; Yin, H. Q.; Xu, X. (2025). "Brevitubus gen. nov. (Araneae, Phrurolithidae), a new guardstone spider genus from southern China, with descriptions of four new species and proposal of four new combinations". Zootaxa. 5637 (3): 450–468. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.2. PMID 41119139.
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Brevitubus Zhu, Liao, Yin & Xu, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
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