Eilica

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Redirect|Gytha}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Eilica mullaroo 416137632.jpg | image_caption = ''E. mullaroo'' from Australia | image2 = Eilica albopunctata.jpg | image2_caption = ''Eilica albopunctata'' | taxon = Eilica | authority = Keyserling, 1891<ref name=wsc/> | type_species = ''E. modesta'' | type_species_authority = Keyserling, 1891 | subdivision = 28, see text | synonyms = *''Caridrassus'' Bryant, 1940<ref name=Plat1975 /> *''Gnaphosoides'' Hogg, 1896<ref name=Plat1975 /> *''Gytha'' Keyserling, 1891<ref name=Plat1981 /> *''Laronia'' Simon, 1893<ref name=Plat1975 /> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=wsc/> }}

'''''Eilica''''' is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1891.<ref name=Keys1891 />

==Description== {{see also|Glossary of spider terms}} Spiders of the genus ''Eilica'' have a total length of 2.2-7.8 mm. The carapace is oval in dorsal view, widest at coxae II, flattened, and narrowed anteriorly. The coloration ranges from light orange to dark brown. The cephalic area is not elevated and the thoracic groove is short and longitudinal.<ref name="dippenaar2021c" />

The anterior eye row is usually only slightly procurved while the posterior row is slightly recurved. The posterior median eyes are irregularly rectangular while other eyes are circular. Lateral eyes are larger than medians. The labium is elongate and spear-shaped. The sternum is rounded and strongly bordered, not extending between coxae IV. The abdomen is light brown to black, longer than wide, with a shiny anterior scutum in males and often a distinct pattern of light spots. The leg formula is 4123.<ref name="dippenaar2021c" />

''Eilica'' may be easily recognized by the two or three translucent laminae found on the cheliceral retromargin and the anteriorly produced chelicerae and convergent endites.<ref name="dippenaar2021c" />

==Species== <gallery mode=packed heights=140px> Eilica 178929514.jpg|''Eilica'' sp. from Argentina Eilica 263193337.jpg|''Eilica'' sp. from Australia </gallery>

{{as of|2025|9}}, this genus includes 28 species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Eilica albopunctata'' (Hogg, 1896) – Australia (South Australia, Queensland) * ''Eilica amambay'' Platnick, 1985 – Brazil, Paraguay * ''Eilica bedourie'' Platnick, 1985 – Australia (Queensland) * ''Eilica bicolor'' Banks, 1896 – United States, Honduras, Cuba, Jamaica * ''Eilica bonda'' Müller, 1987 – Colombia * ''Eilica chickeringi'' Platnick, 1975 – Panama * ''Eilica cincta'' (Simon, 1893) – West, Central Africa * ''Eilica contacta'' Platnick, 1975 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) * ''Eilica daviesae'' Platnick, 1985 – Australia (Queensland) * ''Eilica fusca'' Platnick, 1975 – South Africa * ''Eilica giga'' FitzPatrick, 1994 – Zimbabwe * ''Eilica kandarpae'' Nigam & Patel, 1996 – India * ''Eilica lotzi'' FitzPatrick, 2002 – South Africa * ''Eilica maculipes'' (Vellard, 1925) – Brazil * ''Eilica marchantaria'' Brescovit & Höfer, 1993 – Brazil * ''Eilica modesta'' Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina (type species) * ''Eilica mullaroo'' Platnick, 1988 – Australia (Victoria) * ''Eilica myrmecophila'' (Simon, 1903) – Peru, Argentina * ''Eilica obscura'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil * ''Eilica platnicki'' Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – India * ''Eilica pomposa'' Medan, 2001 – Brazil, Argentina * ''Eilica rotunda'' Platnick, 1975 – Australia (Queensland) * ''Eilica rufithorax'' (Simon, 1893) – Venezuela, Brazil * ''Eilica serrata'' Platnick, 1975 – Australia (Queensland, Western Australia) * ''Eilica songadhensis'' Patel, 1988 – India * ''Eilica tikaderi'' Platnick, 1976 – India * ''Eilica trilineata'' (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina, Chile, Brazil * ''Eilica uniformis'' (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942) – Argentina {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=wsc>{{cite journal|title=Gen. Eilica Keyserling, 1891|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|access-date=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/930|doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> <ref name="dippenaar2021c">{{cite book | last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman | first1=A.S. | last2=Haddad | first2=C.R. | last3=Foord | first3=S.H. | last4=Lotz | first4=L.N. | year=2021 | title=The Gnaphosidae of South Africa. Part 2 (E-S) | publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide | pages=7 | doi=10.5281/zenodo.7197672}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> <ref name=Keys1891>{{cite book|last=Keyserling|first=E.|year=1891|title=Die Spinnen Amerikas. Brasilianische Spinnen}}</ref> <ref name=Plat1975>{{cite journal|last=Platnick|first=N. I.|year=1975|title=A revision of the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)|journal=American Museum Novitates|issue=2578|page=3}}</ref> <ref name=Plat1981>{{cite journal|last1=Platnick|first1=N. I.|last2=Shadab|first2=M. U.|year=1981|title=On the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)|journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|volume=170|page=184}}</ref> }}

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Category:Gnaphosidae genera Category:Cosmopolitan spiders Category:Gnaphosidae Category:Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling