Aphantochilus Explained

Aphantochilus is a genus of ant-mimicking crab spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871.^[1] it contains three species, found in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Panama: A. cambridgei, A. inermipes, and A. rogersi.^[2] It is a senior synonym of Cryptoceroides.

A. rogersi is polymorphic.

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

Further reading

• Teixeira. R. A.. Campos. L. A.. Lise. A. A.. 2014. Phylogeny of Aphantochilinae and Strophiinae sensu Simon (Araneae; Thomisidae). Zoologica Scripta. 65–78. 43. 1. 10.1111/zsc.12036.
• Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1946. Arañas del Paraguay. Notas del Museo de la Plata. 17–50. 11.
• Piza Jr.. S. de T.. 1937. Novas especies de aranhas myrmecomorphas do Brasil e considerações sobre o seu mimetismo. Revista do Museu Paulista. 307–319. 23.
• Ramírez. M. J.. 2014. The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1–374. 390. 10.1206/821.1. 11336/18066. 86146467. free.

Notes and References

1. Pickard-Cambridge. O.. 1871. On some new genera and species of Araneida. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 728–747. 38. Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge.
2. Gen. Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 . World Spider Catalog Version . 2021-12-24 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2.