Sphodros rufipes

Sphodros rufipes
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
Binomial name
Sphodros rufipes (Latreille, 1829)
Synonyms
Atypus rufipes Atypus bicolor Oletera bicolor Sphodros milberti Atypus milberti

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.