Wulfila

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha

Familia: Anyphaenidae
Subfamilia: Anyphaeninae
Genus: Wulfila
Species: W. albens – W. albus – W. arraijanicus – W. bryantae – W. coamoanus – W. conchamonile – W. diversus – W. fasciculus – W. fragilis – W. gracilipes – W. immaculatus – W. immaculellus – W. inconspicuus – W. innoxius – W. inornatus – W. isolatus – W. longidens – W. longipes – W. luisi – W. macer – W. macropalpus – W. maculatus – W. mandibulatus – W. modestus – W. pallidus – W. parvulus – W. pavidus – W. pellucidus – W. phantasma – W. pretiosus – W. proximus – W. pulverulentus – W. saltabundus – W. sanguineus – W. scopulatus – W. spatulatus – W. spinosus – W. sublestus – W. tantillus – W. tauricorneus – W. tenuissimus – W. tinctus – W. tropicus – W. unguis – W. ventralis – W. wunda – W. xilitlensis
Name

Wulfila Pickard-Cambridge, 1895

Type species: Wulfila pallidus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1895

Gender: masculine
Synonyms

Cragus Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (synonymized by Platnick, 1974: 242)
Anyphaenella Bryant, 1931 (synonymized by Platnick, 1974: 242)

References
Primary references
Additional references

Rivera-Quiroz, F.A. & Álvarez-Padilla, F. 2019. Description of five new Wulfila (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) species from Mexico with comments on the taxonomy of the genus. Zootaxa 4712(2): 269–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.2.6 Paywall. Reference page.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Wulfila is a genus of ghost spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1895.[3] They are easily recognized by their pale white elongated legs.[2]
Species

As of April 2019 it contains forty-three species:[1]

Wulfila albens (Hentz, 1847) — USA
Wulfila albus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) — Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Wulfila arraijanicus Chickering, 1940 — Panama
Wulfila bryantae Platnick, 1974 — USA (Southern Florida), Mexico
Wulfila coamoanus Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico
Wulfila diversus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 — Mexico
Wulfila fasciculus (Bryant, 1948) — Hispaniola
Wulfila fragilis Chickering, 1937 — Panama
Wulfila fragilis (Bryant, 1948) — Hispaniola
Wulfila gracilipes (Banks, 1903) — Hispaniola
Wulfila immaculatus Banks, 1914 — USA (Southern Arizona and New Mexico), Cuba, Puerto Rico
Wulfila immaculellus (Gertsch, 1933) — USA, Mexico
Wulfila inconspicuus Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico
Wulfila innoxius Chickering, 1940 — Panama
Wulfila inornatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) — Mexico
Wulfila isolatus Bryant, 1942 — Puerto Rico
Wulfila longidens Mello-Leitão, 1948 — Guyana
Wulfila longipes (Bryant, 1940) — Cuba
Wulfila macer (Simon, 1898) — St. Vincent
Wulfila macropalpus Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico
Wulfila maculatus Chickering, 1937 — Panama
Wulfila mandibulatus (Petrunkevitch, 1925) — Panama
Wulfila modestus Chickering, 1937 — Panama
Wulfila pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 — Mexico
Wulfila parvulus (Banks, 1898) — Mexico
Wulfila pavidus (Bryant, 1948) — Mexico
Wulfila pellucidus Chickering, 1937 — Panama
Wulfila pretiosus Banks, 1914 — Cuba
Wulfila proximus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 — Mexico
Wulfila pulverulentus Chickering, 1937 — Panama
Wulfila saltabundus (Hentz, 1847) — Eastern USA, southeastern Canada
Wulfila sanguineus Franganillo, 1931 — Cuba
Wulfila scopulatus Simon, 1897 — America
Wulfila spatulatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 — Guatemala
Wulfila spinosus Chickering, 1937 — Panama
Wulfila sublestus Chickering, 1940 — Panama
Wulfila tantillus Chickering, 1940 — Southern Texas to Panama
Wulfila tauricorneus Franganillo, 1935 — Cuba
Wulfila tenuissimus Simon, 1896 — Jamaica
Wulfila tinctus Franganillo, 1930 — Cuba
Wulfila tropicus Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Puerto Rico
Wulfila ventralis Banks, 1906 — Bahama Is.
Wulfila wunda Platnick, 1974 — USA (Southern Florida), Cuba, Puerto Rico (Mona Is.)

References

"Gen. Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
Platnick, Norman I. (1974). "The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 146 (4): 205–266.

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1895). Arachnida. Araneida.