Aponetius is a genus of east Asian ground spiders. It was first described by T. Kamura in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Japan.[1] The type species, Aponetius gladius, was originally described under the name "Zelotes gladius".[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Aponetius Kamura, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| Zelotes gladius (Kamura, 1999)
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Species edit
As of December 2021[update] it contains five species:[1]
- A. flexuosus (Kamura, 1999) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
- A. gladius (Kamura, 1999) (type) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
- A. ogatai Kamura, 2020 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
- A. ryukyuensis (Kamura, 1999) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
- A. watarii Kamura, 2020 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Aponetius Kamura, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
- ^ Kamura, T. (2020). "A new genus of the subfamily Zelotinae (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), with descriptions of two new species from Amami-Ōshima Island, southwest Japan". Acta Arachnologica. 69 (1): 1–9. doi:10.2476/asjaa.69.1. S2CID 225809649.
- ^ Kamura, T. (1999). "Spiders of the genus Zelotes (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Ryukyu Islands, southwest Japan". Acta Arachnologica. 48 (2): 79–91. doi:10.2476/asjaa.48.79.
Further reading edit
- Kamura, T. (2003). "Taxonomic notes on some species of the genus Zelotes (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Korea and Japan". Acta Arachnologica. 52: 25–30. doi:10.2476/asjaa.52.25.