{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{Speciesbox | image= | image_caption= | taxon=Sphodros atlanticus | authority=Gertsch & Platnick, 1980<ref name=WSC_s5526/> }}
'''''Sphodros atlanticus''''' is a species of spiders from the family Atypidae. It was described by Willis J. Gertsch and Norman I. Platnick in 1980. The species was described from specimens found in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and Illinois. It has also been found in Maryland and Alabama.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2ce4w39W60C&dq=Sphodros+atlanticus&pg=PA53|title=Spiderwebs and Silk: Tracing Evolution From Molecules to Genes to Phenotypes|publisher=Oxford University Press|author=Catherine L. Craig|year=2003|chapter=The Mechanical Functions of Silks and Their Correlated Structural Properties|page=53|isbn=0-19-512916-4|lccn=2002033394}}</ref>
==Description== The spider's colour is black.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stone|first=Reid|title=Purseweb Male - Sphodros atlanticus|url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/184347/bgimage|website=BugGuide|publisher=Iowa State University|date=2008-05-22|accessdate=2025-04-27}}</ref> Female spiders are typically uniformly brown, while the male spiders have black femora and red lower legs. <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Moler |first=Paul E. |last2=Stevenson |first2=Dirk J. |last3=Mansell |first3=Barry W. |last4=Mays |first4=Jonathan D. |last5=Lee |first5=Catherine W. |date=2020-11-13 |title=Distribution and Natural History of Purseweb Spiders, Sphodros spp. (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Atypidae), in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama |url=https://bioone.org/journals/southeastern-naturalist/volume-19/issue-4/058.019.0406/Distribution-and-Natural-History-of-Purseweb-Spiders-Sphodros-spp-Araneae/10.1656/058.019.0406.full |journal=Southeastern Naturalist |volume=19 |issue=4 |doi=10.1656/058.019.0406 |issn=1528-7092|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=WSC_s5526>{{citation |mode=cs1 |title=Taxon details ''Sphodros atlanticus'' Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/5526|accessdate=2019-09-30 }}</ref> }}
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Category:Spiders described in 1980 Category:Atypidae Category:Spiders of the United States Category:Taxa named by Norman I. Platnick
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