{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox |image= |taxon=Litopyllus |authority=Chamberlin, 1922<ref name=NMBE /> |type_species=''L. temporarius'' |type_species_authority=Chamberlin, 1922 |subdivision_ranks=Species |subdivision={{Specieslist |''L. cubanus''|<small>(Bryant, 1940)</small> – Southern Florida,<ref name=bugguide /> Bahama Is., Cuba |''L. realisticus''|<small>(Chamberlin, 1924)</small> – Mexico |''L. temporarius''|<small>Chamberlin, 1922</small> – Eastern USA<ref name=bugguide>{{cite web|title=Genus Litopyllus|publisher=BugGuide|access-date=2019-06-04|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1038295}}</ref>}} |synonyms= *''Paramyrmecion'' <small>Bryant, 1940</small><ref name=Plat1980>{{cite journal|last1=Platnick|first1=N. I.|last2=Shadab|first2=M. U.|year=1980|title=A revision of the North American spider genera Nodocion, Litopyllus, and Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)|journal=American Museum Novitates|issue=2691|page=16}}</ref> |synonyms_ref=<ref name=NMBE /> }}
'''''Litopyllus''''' is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1922.<ref name=Cham1922>{{cite journal|last=Chamberlin|first=R. V.|year=1922|title=The North American spiders of the family Gnaphosidae|journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington|pages=145–172|volume=35}}</ref> {{as of|2019|05}} it contains only three species: ''L. cubanus'', ''L. realisticus'', and ''L. temporarius''.<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal|title=Gen. Litopyllus Chamberlin, 1922|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/954|doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>
==See also== *''Drassodes''
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Gnaphosidae genera Category:Spiders of North America Category:Taxa named by Ralph Vary Chamberlin
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