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 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 edit
As of June 2020[update] 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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b Rinaldi, I. M. P. (1984). "Contribuição ao estudo de Acentroscelus Simon, 1886 (Araneae, Thomisidae, Misumeninae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 28: 109.
- ^ Simon, E. (1886). "Espèces et genres nouveaux de la famille des Thomisisdae". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 40: 167–187.
Further reading edit
- 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.