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Loureedia
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Loureedia

Loureedia is a genus of velvet spiders that was first described by J. A. Miller in 2012. This genus of velvet spiders that live underground are named after Lou Reed, songwriter, guitarist and singer for the Velvet Underground. In 2020, researchers discovered the fourth species, L. phoenixi, in Iran; it is named after Joaquin Phoenix.

L. annulipes was formerly considered a member of Eresus.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Loureedia colleni

speciesLoureedia colleni

Joker Spider

speciesLoureedia phoenixi

Loureedia jerbae

speciesLoureedia jerbae

Loureedia annulipes

speciesLoureedia annulipes

Loureedia lucasi

speciesLoureedia lucasi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 415105.