Acentroscelus

Acentroscelus is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886.^[3] It is a senior synonym of Whittickius.^[2]

Acentroscelus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Acentroscelus Simon, 1886[1]
Type species
A. albipes Simon, 1886
Species
11, see text
Synonyms[1]
Whittickius Mello-Leitão, 1940[2]

Species

As of June 2020^[update] it contains eleven species, found in Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, and French Guiana:^[1]

• Acentroscelus albipes Simon, 1886 (type) – Brazil
• Acentroscelus gallinii Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Argentina
• Acentroscelus granulosus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
• Acentroscelus guianensis (Taczanowski, 1872) – Peru, French Guiana
• Acentroscelus muricatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
• Acentroscelus nigrianus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
• Acentroscelus peruvianus (Keyserling, 1880) – Peru
• Acentroscelus ramboi Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
• Acentroscelus secundus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
• Acentroscelus singularis (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Guyana
• Acentroscelus versicolor Soares, 1942 – Brazil

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Acentroscelus Simon, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
2. Rinaldi, I. M. P. (1984). "Contribuição ao estudo de Acentroscelus Simon, 1886 (Araneae, Thomisidae, Misumeninae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 28: 109.
3. Simon, E. (1886). "Espèces et genres nouveaux de la famille des Thomisisdae". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 40: 167–187.

Further reading

• Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929). "Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil". Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 31: 9–359.
• Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
• Keyserling, E. (1880). Die Spinnen Amerikas, I. Laterigradae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. pp. 1–283. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.
• Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1947). "Aranhas de Carmo do Rio Claro (Minas Gerais) coligidas pelo naturalista José C. M. Carvalho". Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 80: 1–34.