Acentroscelus

Acentroscelus is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886.[3] It is a senior synonym of Whittickius.[2]

Acentroscelus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Acentroscelus
Simon, 1886[1]
Type species
A. albipes
Simon, 1886
Species

11, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of June 2020 it contains eleven species, found in Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, and French Guiana:[1]

  • Acentroscelus albipes Simon, 1886 (type) – Brazil
  • Acentroscelus gallinii Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Argentina
  • Acentroscelus granulosus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  • Acentroscelus guianensis (Taczanowski, 1872) – Peru, French Guiana
  • Acentroscelus muricatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
  • Acentroscelus nigrianus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  • Acentroscelus peruvianus (Keyserling, 1880) – Peru
  • Acentroscelus ramboi Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
  • Acentroscelus secundus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  • Acentroscelus singularis (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Guyana
  • Acentroscelus versicolor Soares, 1942 – Brazil

See also

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Acentroscelus Simon, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  2. Rinaldi, I. M. P. (1984). "Contribuição ao estudo de Acentroscelus Simon, 1886 (Araneae, Thomisidae, Misumeninae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 28: 109.
  3. Simon, E. (1886). "Espèces et genres nouveaux de la famille des Thomisisdae". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 40: 167–187.

Further reading
  • Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929). "Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil". Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 31: 9–359.
  • Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  • Keyserling, E. (1880). Die Spinnen Amerikas, I. Laterigradae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. pp. 1–283. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.
  • Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1947). "Aranhas de Carmo do Rio Claro (Minas Gerais) coligidas pelo naturalista José C. M. Carvalho". Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 80: 1–34.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.