Acanthoceto Explained

Acanthoceto is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1944.^[1]

Species

it contains seven species:^[2]

• Acanthoceto acupicta (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil
• Acanthoceto cinerea (Tullgren, 1901) – Chile, Argentina
• Acanthoceto ladormida Ramírez, 1997 – Chile
• Acanthoceto marina Ramírez, 1997 – Chile
• Acanthoceto pichi Ramírez, 1997 – Chile, Argentina
• Acanthoceto riogrande Ramírez, 1997 – Brazil, Argentina
• Acanthoceto septentrionalis (Berland, 1913) – Colombia, Ecuador

Notes and References

1. Mello-Leitão . C. F. de . 1944 . Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires. . Revista del Museo de La Plata . 311–393 . 3 . New Series, Zool.
2. Web site: Gen. Acanthoceto Mello-Leitão, 1944 . World Spider Catalog . 2019-05-09 . Natural History Museum Bern .