Araeoncus
A. humilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Araeoncus
Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
A. humilis
(Blackwall, 1841)
Species

39, see text

Araeoncus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.[2] They closely resemble members of Diplocephalus; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification of the tibial apophysis of the pedipalp.[3]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains thirty-nine species:[1]

  • Araeoncus altissimus Simon, 1884 – France, Italy, Azerbaijan
  • Araeoncus anguineus (L. Koch, 1869) – Europe
  • Araeoncus banias Tanasevitch, 2013 – Israel
  • Araeoncus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987 – Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia
  • Araeoncus clavatus Tanasevitch, 1987 – Turkey, Armenia
  • Araeoncus clivifrons Deltshev, 1987 – Bulgaria
  • Araeoncus convexus Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia
  • Araeoncus crassiceps (Westring, 1861) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
  • Araeoncus curvatus Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden, Estonia
  • Araeoncus cypriacus Tanasevitch, 2011 – Cyprus
  • Araeoncus discedens (Simon, 1881) – Spain, France, Italy
  • Araeoncus dispar Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden
  • Araeoncus duriusculus Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
  • Araeoncus etinde Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
  • Araeoncus femineus (Roewer, 1942) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
  • Araeoncus galeriformis (Tanasevitch, 1987) – Russia (Caucasus), Azerbaijan
  • Araeoncus gertschi Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
  • Araeoncus hanno Simon, 1884 – Algeria
  • Araeoncus humilis (Blackwall, 1841) (type) – Europe, North Africa, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Japan. Introduced to New Zealand
  • Araeoncus hyalinus Song & Li, 2010 – China
  • Araeoncus impolitus Holm, 1962 – Kenya
  • Araeoncus longispineus Song & Li, 2010 – China
  • Araeoncus longiusculus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia, mainland)
  • Araeoncus macrophthalmus Miller, 1970 – Angola
  • Araeoncus malawiensis Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi
  • Araeoncus martinae Bosmans, 1996 – Morocco, Algeria
  • Araeoncus mitriformis Tanasevitch, 2008 – Turkey, Iran
  • Araeoncus obtusus Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983 – Cameroon
  • Araeoncus picturatus Holm, 1962 – Tanzania
  • Araeoncus rhodes Tanasevitch, 2011 – Greece (Rhodes)
  • Araeoncus sicanus Brignoli, 1979 – Italy (Sicily)
  • Araeoncus subniger Holm, 1962 – Kenya
  • Araeoncus tauricus Gnelitsa, 2004 – Bulgaria, Greece (Crete), Turkey, Ukraine
  • Araeoncus toubkal Bosmans, 1996 – Portugal, Morocco
  • Araeoncus tuberculatus Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden
  • Araeoncus vaporariorum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – France, Italy
  • Araeoncus victorianyanzae Berland, 1936 – Kenya, Tanzania
  • Araeoncus viphyensis Jocqué, 1981 – Malawi
  • Araeoncus vorkutensis Tanasevitch, 1984 – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Araeoncus Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. ↑ Simon, E. (1884). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie.
  3. ↑ IJland, S.; Helsdingen, P. J. van; Miller, J. (2012). "On some spiders from Gargano, Apulia, Italy". Nieuwsbrief SPINED. 32: 10.
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