Hovops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Selenopidae
Genus: Hovops
Benoit, 1968[1]
Type species
H. pusillus
(Simon, 1887)
Species

11, see text

Hovops is a genus of Malagasy wall spiders that was first described by P. L. G. Benoit in 1968.[2]

Species

As of September 2019 it contains eleven species, found on Madagascar:[1]

  • Hovops antakarana Rodríguez & Corronca, 2014Madagascar
  • Hovops betsileo Corronca & Rodríguez, 2011 – Madagascar
  • Hovops ikongo Rodríguez & Corronca, 2014 – Madagascar
  • Hovops legrasi (Simon, 1887) – Madagascar
  • Hovops lidiae Corronca & Rodríguez, 2011 – Madagascar
  • Hovops madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar
  • Hovops mariensis (Strand, 1908) – Madagascar
  • Hovops menabe Rodríguez & Corronca, 2014 – Madagascar
  • Hovops merina Corronca & Rodríguez, 2011 – Madagascar
  • Hovops pusillus (Simon, 1887) (type) – Madagascar
  • Hovops vezo Rodríguez & Corronca, 2014 – Madagascar

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Hovops Benoit, 1968". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. Benoit, P. L. G. (1968). "Les Selenopidae africains au Nord du 17e parallèle Sud et reclassement des espèces africaines de la famille (Araneae)". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 77: 113–141.


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