Polybetes

Polybetes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Polybetes; Simon, 1897
Type species
	; (Nicolet, 1849)
Species
	12, see text
Synonyms
	Leptosparassus Järvi, 1914; Streptaedoea Järvi, 1914;

Polybetes is a genus of South American huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897.^[3] It is a senior synonym of Leptosparassus and Streptaedoea.^[2]

They are commonly found in tall grass and on the bark or branches of trees. At least two species have adapted to urban environments and have been found indoors. They are large and somewhat aggressive spiders, but their venom is not toxic enough to be dangerous to humans.^[4]

Species[]

As of September 2019 it contains twelve species, all endemic to South America:^[1]

Simon, 1904 – Chile
Simon, 1897 – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
(Nicolet, 1849) (type) – Chile, Argentina
Simon, 1897 – Bolivia, Argentina
Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina
(Järvi, 1914) – Paraguay
Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina
(Holmberg, 1875) – Brazil, Guyana, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
(Järvi, 1914) – Argentina
(Keyserling, 1880) – Suriname to Argentina
Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
(Järvi, 1914) – Paraguay, Argentina

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Polybetes Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Gerschman de P., B. S.; Schiapelli, R. D. (1965). "El género Polybetes Simon, 1897, en la Argentina (Araneae-Sparassidae)". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia. 1: 314.
^ Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
^ Rodríguez-Gil, Sergio Gustavo; Merani, María Susana; Scioscia, Cristina Luisa & Mola, Liliana María (2007). "Cytogenetics in Three Species of Polybetes Simon 1897 from Argentina (Araneae, Sparassidae) I. Karyotype and Chromosome Banding Pattern". The Journal of Arachnology. 35 (2): 227–237. doi:10.1636/S05-69.1. JSTOR 25067834. S2CID 86573497.

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[NMBE-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Polybetes Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.

[Gers1965-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Gerschman de P., B. S.; Schiapelli, R. D. (1965). "El género Polybetes Simon, 1897, en la Argentina (Araneae-Sparassidae)". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia. 1: 314.

[Simo1897-3] Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

[RodrMeraScioMola07-4] Rodríguez-Gil, Sergio Gustavo; Merani, María Susana; Scioscia, Cristina Luisa & Mola, Liliana María (2007). "Cytogenetics in Three Species of Polybetes Simon 1897 from Argentina (Araneae, Sparassidae) I. Karyotype and Chromosome Banding Pattern". The Journal of Arachnology. 35 (2): 227–237. doi:10.1636/S05-69.1. JSTOR 25067834. S2CID 86573497.

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Polybetes

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