Sphodros rufipes | |
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Male S. rufipes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Atypidae |
Genus: | Sphodros |
Species: | S. rufipes
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Binomial name | |
Sphodros rufipes (Latreille, 1829)
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Synonyms | |
Atypus rufipes |
Sphodros rufipes, sometimes called the red legged purseweb spider, is a mygalomorph spider from the southern United States, though it has been photographed as far north as Indiana, Missouri, New Jersey, Minnesota, Tennessee, Delaware, Louisiana, and Tuckernuck Island in Massachusetts [West Virginia]. A recent sighting shows that these spiders can also be found in Canada. Recent sighting also in Kansas.[1]
The species name rufipes is Latin for "red foot".
This spider is also sometimes known as Sphodros (Atypus) bicolor, a synonym.