Anaptomecus Explained

Anaptomecus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.^[1]

Species

it contains six species, found in Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Colombia:^[2]

• Anaptomecus levyi Jäger, Rheims & Labarque, 2009 – Colombia
• Anaptomecus longiventris Simon, 1903 (type) – Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador
• Anaptomecus paru Guala, Labarque & Rheims, 2012 – Colombia, Ecuador
• Anaptomecus suni Guala, Labarque & Rheims, 2012 – Ecuador
• Anaptomecus temii Jäger, Rheims & Labarque, 2009 – Panama
• Anaptomecus yarigui Galvis & Rheims, 2018 – Colombia

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

Further reading

• Galvis . W. . Rheims . A. . New species of Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Colombia, with an identification key for all known species of the genus . Zootaxa . 4521 . 2 . 2018 . 294–300 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.11 . 30486181 . 54151367 . amp .

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1903. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 21–39. 47. 10.5962/bhl.part.25299. Eugène Simon. free.
2. Gen. Anaptomecus Simon, 1903. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-12. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.