Priscula

Priscula is a genus of South American cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.^[4]

Priscula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Priscula Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
P. gularis Simon, 1893
Species
20, see text
Synonyms[1]
Blechroscelis Simon, 1893[2] Hypsorinus Chamberlin, 1916[3]

Species

As of April 2022^[update] it contains 20 species, found only in South America:^[1]

• Priscula acarite (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
• Priscula andinensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula annulipes (Keyserling, 1877) – Colombia
• Priscula binghamae (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
• Priscula bolivari (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
• Priscula chejapi González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula gularis Simon, 1893 (type) – Ecuador
• Priscula huila Huber, 2000 – Colombia
• Priscula lagunosa González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula limonensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula paeza Huber, 2000 – Colombia
• Priscula paila (Huber, 2020) – Venezuela
• Priscula pallisteri Huber, 2000 – Peru
• Priscula piapoco Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
• Priscula piedraensis González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula salmeronica González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula taruma Huber, 2000 – Guyana
• Priscula tunebo Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
• Priscula ulai González-Sponga, 1999 – Venezuela
• Priscula venezuelana Simon, 1893 – Venezuela

See also

• List of Pholcidae species