Biology:Anaptomecus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Anaptomecus
Anaptomecus longiventris.jpg
Anaptomecus longiventris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Anaptomecus
Simon, 1903[1]
Type species
A. longiventris
Simon, 1903
Species

6, see text

Anaptomecus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.[2]

Species

(As of September 2019) it contains six species, found in Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Colombia:[1]

  • Anaptomecus levyi Jäger, Rheims & Labarque, 2009 – Colombia
  • Anaptomecus longiventris Simon, 1903 (type) – Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador
  • Anaptomecus paru Guala, Labarque & Rheims, 2012 – Colombia, Ecuador
  • Anaptomecus suni Guala, Labarque & Rheims, 2012 – Ecuador
  • Anaptomecus temii Jäger, Rheims & Labarque, 2009 – Panama
  • Anaptomecus yarigui Galvis & Rheims, 2018 – Colombia

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Anaptomecus Simon, 1903. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3091. Retrieved 2019-10-12. 
  2. Simon, E. (1903). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 47: 21–39. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25299. 

Further reading

  • Galvis, W.; Rheims, A. (2018). "New species of Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Colombia, with an identification key for all known species of the genus". Zootaxa 4521 (2): 294–300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.11. PMID 30486181. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5208265 entry