Acontius (spider) explained

Acontius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species:^[2]

• Acontius aculeatus (Simon, 1903) – Equatorial Guinea
• Acontius africanus (Simon, 1889) – West Africa, Congo
• Acontius australis (Simon, 1886) – Argentina
• Acontius hartmanni Karsch, 1879 (type) – Angola
• Acontius humiliceps (Simon, 1907) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
• Acontius kiriba Zonstein, 2018 – Burundi
• Acontius lamottei (Dresco, 1972) – Ivory Coast
• Acontius lawrencei (Roewer, 1953) – Congo
• Acontius lesserti (Roewer, 1953) – Congo
• Acontius machadoi (Lessert, 1938) – Congo
• Acontius nimba Zonstein, 2018 – Guinea
• Acontius stercoricola (Denis, 1955) – Guinea

Notes and References

1. Karsch. F.. 1879. Zwei neue afrikanische Vogelspinnen.. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 63–65. 1879.
2. Gen. Acontius Karsch, 1879. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-31. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.