Aponetius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
Species

5, see text

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]

Species

As of December 2021 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Aponetius Kamura, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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