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Eilica bicolor Banks, 1896
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eilica bicolor Banks, 1896
- Name authority
- Banks, 1896
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Gnaphosidae
- Genus
- Eilica
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumChelicerata
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyGnaphosidae Banks, 1892
- genusEilica Keyserling, 1891
- speciesEilica bicolor Banks, 1896
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eilica. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eilica albopunctata (Hogg, 1896) | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica amambay Platnick, 1985 | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica bonda Müller, 1987 | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica fusca Platnick, 1975 | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica marchantaria Brescovit & Höfer, 1993 | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica myrmecophila (Simon, 1903) | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica obscura (Keyserling, 1891) | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica platnicki Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica pomposa Medan, 2001 | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica rufithorax (Simon, 1893) | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica trilineata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eilica uniformis (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942) | GnaphosidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Eilica purpusi (Roewer, 1933) (Roewer, 1933) | synonym |
| Eilica wheeleri (Bryant, 1940) (Bryant, 1940) | synonym |
| Eilica reynosana (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Mexico
Cuba
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Banks, N. (1896e). New North American spiders and mites. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 57-77. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38VSM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.