Biology:Apostenus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Apostenus
Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present
Apostenus fuscus 2.jpg
A. fuscus, adult male
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Liocranidae
Genus: Apostenus
Westring, 1851[1]
Type species
A. fuscus
Westring, 1851
Species

13, see text

Apostenus is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.[2]

Species

(As of September 2019) it contains thirteen species, found in Europe, Africa, Canada , the United States , and Karakorum:[1]

  • Apostenus algericus Bosmans, 1999 – Algeria
  • Apostenus annulipedes Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
  • Apostenus annulipes Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
  • Apostenus californicus Ubick & Vetter, 2005 – USA
  • Apostenus crespoi Lissner, 2017 – Portugal
  • Apostenus ducati Bennett, Copley & Copley, 2013 – USA, Canada
  • Apostenus fuscus Westring, 1851 (type) – Europe
  • Apostenus gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  • Apostenus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  • Apostenus humilis Simon, 1932 – Portugal, Spain , France
  • Apostenus maroccanus Bosmans, 1999 – Morocco
  • Apostenus ochraceus Hadjissarantos, 1940 – Greece
  • Apostenus palmensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Apostenus Westring, 1851. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1737. Retrieved 2019-10-11. 
  2. Westring, N. (1851). "Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan". Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 2: 25–62. 

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