| Loureedia | |
|---|---|
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| MaleL. annulipes | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Eresidae |
| Genus: | Loureedia Miller, Griswold, Scharff, Řezáč, Szűts & Marhabaie, 2012[1] |
| Type species | |
| L. annulipes (Lucas, 1857) | |
| Species[1] | |
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Loureedia is agenus ofvelvet spiders that was first described by J. A. Miller in 2012.[2] As of July 2020[update], it contained four species:L. annulipes,L. colleni,L. lucasi andL. phoenixi.[1] This genus of velvet spiders that live underground are named afterLou Reed, songwriter, guitarist and singer forthe Velvet Underground. In 2020, researchers discovered the fourth species,L. phoenixi, in Iran; it is named afterJoaquin Phoenix.[3]
L. annulipes was formerly considered a member ofEresus.
