Acantheis Explained

Acantheis is a genus of Asian wandering spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1891.^[1]

Species

it contains nine species:^[2]

• Acantheis boetonensis (Strand, 1913) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Acantheis celer (Simon, 1897) – Indonesia (Java)
• Acantheis dimidiatus (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Acantheis indicus Gravely, 1931 – India
• Acantheis laetus (Thorell, 1890) – Borneo
• Acantheis longiventris Simon, 1897 – Malaysia, Indonesia
• Acantheis nipponicus Ono, 2008 – Japan
• Acantheis oreus (Simon, 1901) – Malaysia
• Acantheis variatus (Thorell, 1890) (type) – Indonesia (Nias Is.)

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1891. Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien.. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 1–149. 24. 2.
2. Gen. Acantheis Thorell, 1891. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-23. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.