Eleleis

Eleleis is a genus of spiders in the family Prodidominae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893,^[1] and is only found in southern Africa.^[2]

Eleleis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Prodidomidae
Genus:	Eleleis Simon, 1893
Type species
E. crinita Simon, 1893
Species
9, see text

Species

As of April 2022^[update] it contains nine species:^[2]

• Eleleis crinita Simon, 1893 – South Africa
• Eleleis etosha Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
• Eleleis haddadi Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
• Eleleis himba Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
• Eleleis leleupi Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – South Africa
• Eleleis limpopo Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Zambia, South Africa
• Eleleis luderitz Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia
• Eleleis okavango Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Namibia, Botswana
• Eleleis solitaria Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Cape Verde

See also

• List of Prodidominae species