Chilongius

Chilongius is a genus of Chilean long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick, M. U. Shadab & L. N. Sorkin in 2005.^[1][2]

Chilongius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Prodidomidae
Genus:	Chilongius Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005[1]
Type species
C. palmas Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005
Species
5, see text

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains five species, found only in Chile:^[1]

• Chilongius eltofo Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
• Chilongius frayjorge Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
• Chilongius huasco Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
• Chilongius molles Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 – Chile
• Chilongius palmas Platnick, Shadab & Sorkin, 2005 (type) – Chile

See also

• List of Gnaphosidae species