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Acontius (spider)

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Acontius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Cyrtaucheniidae
Genus: Acontius
Karsch, 1879[1]
Type species
A. hartmanni
Karsch, 1879
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1][2]

Acontius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.[3]

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains twelve species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Acontius Karsch, 1879". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 131.
  3. ^ Karsch, F. (1879). "Zwei neue afrikanische Vogelspinnen". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1879: 63–65.