Acontius (spider)

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Acontius
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Cyrtaucheniidae
Genus: Acontius
Karsch, 1879[1]
Type species

Karsch, 1879
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1][2]

Acontius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.[3]

Species[]

As of May 2019 it contains twelve species:[1]

  • (Simon, 1903) – Equatorial Guinea
  • (Simon, 1889) – West Africa, Congo
  • (Simon, 1886) – Argentina
  • Karsch, 1879 (type) – Angola
  • (Simon, 1907) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
  • Zonstein, 2018 – Burundi
  • (Dresco, 1972) – Ivory Coast
  • (Roewer, 1953) – Congo
  • (Roewer, 1953) – Congo
  • (Lessert, 1938) – Congo
  • Zonstein, 2018 – Guinea
  • (Denis, 1955) – Guinea

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gen. Acontius Karsch, 1879". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 131.
  3. ^ Karsch, F. (1879). "Zwei neue afrikanische Vogelspinnen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1879: 63–65.


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