Aphantochilus
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Thomisidae |
Genus: | Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871[1] |
Type species | |
A. rogersi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
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Aphantochilus is a genus of ant-mimicking crab spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871.[3] As of June 2020[update] it contains three species, found in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Panama: A. cambridgei, A. inermipes, and A. rogersi.[1] It is a senior synonym of Cryptoceroides.[1][2]
A. rogersi is polymorphic.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Gen. Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ a b Gerschman de P., B. S.; Schiapelli, R. D. (1964). "Observaciones sobre el género Cryptoceroides Toledo-Piza, 1937 (Araneae-Aphantochilidae)". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 24: 418.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871). "On some new genera and species of Araneida". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 38: 728–747.
Further reading
[edit]- Teixeira, R. A.; Campos, L. A.; Lise, A. A. (2014). "Phylogeny of Aphantochilinae and Strophiinae sensu Simon (Araneae; Thomisidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (1): 65–78. doi:10.1111/zsc.12036.
- Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1946). "Arañas del Paraguay". Notas del Museo de la Plata. 11: 17–50.
- Piza Jr., S. de T. (1937). "Novas especies de aranhas myrmecomorphas do Brasil e considerações sobre o seu mimetismo". Revista do Museu Paulista. 23: 307–319.
- Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390: 1–374. doi:10.1206/821.1. hdl:11336/18066. S2CID 86146467.