Tomopisthes is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1884.[3]

Tomopisthes
Tomopisthes varius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Tomopisthes
Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
T. horrendus
(Nicolet, 1849)
Species

5, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Heterommides[2]

Species edit

As of April 2019 it contains five species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Tomopisthes Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  2. ^ Ramírez, M. J. (2003). "The spider subfamily Amaurobioidinae (Araneae, Anyphaenidae): a phylogenetic revision at the generic level". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 277: 193. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2003)277<0001:TSSAAA>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 84027902.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1884). "Arachnides recueillis par la Mission du Cap Horn en 1882-1883". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 117–144.