Biology:Acantheis

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Acantheis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Acantheis
Thorell, 1891[1]
Type species
A. variatus
(Thorell, 1890)
Species

9, see text

Acantheis is a genus of Asian wandering spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains nine species:[1]

  • Acantheis boetonensis (Strand, 1913) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Acantheis celer (Simon, 1897) – Indonesia (Java)
  • Acantheis dimidiatus (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Acantheis indicus Gravely, 1931 – India
  • Acantheis laetus (Thorell, 1890) – Borneo
  • Acantheis longiventris Simon, 1897 – Malaysia, Indonesia
  • Acantheis nipponicus Ono, 2008 – Japan
  • Acantheis oreus (Simon, 1901) – Malaysia
  • Acantheis variatus (Thorell, 1890) (type) – Indonesia (Nias Is.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Acantheis Thorell, 1891. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/608. Retrieved 2019-05-23. 
  2. Thorell, T. (1891). "Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien.". Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24 (2): 1–149. 

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