Ariamnes (spider) explained
Ariamnes is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[1] Some species have greatly elongated abdomens, making them resemble a twig.
Species
it contains thirty-three species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Africa, South America, Oceania, the Caribbean, Costa Rica, and Mexico:[2]
- Ariamnes alepeleke Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
- Ariamnes attenuatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 – Costa Rica, Caribbean to Argentina
- Ariamnes birgitae Strand, 1917 – Myanmar
- Ariamnes campestratus Simon, 1903 – Gabon, Congo
- Ariamnes colubrinus Keyserling, 1890 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
- Ariamnes columnaceus Gao & Li, 2014 – China
- Ariamnes corniger Simon, 1900 – Hawaii
- Ariamnes cylindrogaster Simon, 1889 – China, Laos, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Ariamnes flagellum (Doleschall, 1857) (type) – Southeast Asia, Australia
- Ariamnes f. nigritus Simon, 1901 – Southeast Asia
- Ariamnes haitensis (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Hispaniola
- Ariamnes helminthoides Simon, 1907 – Guinea-Bissau
- Ariamnes hiwa Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
- Ariamnes huinakolu Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
- Ariamnes jeanneli Berland, 1920 – East Africa
- Ariamnes kahili Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
- Ariamnes laau Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
- Ariamnes longissimus Keyserling, 1891 – Peru, Brazil
- Ariamnes makue Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
- Ariamnes melekalikimaka Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
- Ariamnes mexicanus (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Mexico, Cuba
- Ariamnes patersoniensis Hickman, 1927 – Australia (Tasmania)
- Ariamnes pavesii Leardi, 1902 – India, Sri Lanka
- Ariamnes petilus Gao & Li, 2014 – China
- Ariamnes poele Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
- Ariamnes rufopictus Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
- Ariamnes russulus Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea
- Ariamnes schlingeri (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Peru
- Ariamnes setipes Hasselt, 1882 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Ariamnes simulans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 – India
- Ariamnes triangulatus Urquhart, 1887 – New Zealand
- Ariamnes triangulus Thorell, 1887 – Myanmar
- Ariamnes uwepa Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
- Ariamnes waikula Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
In synonymy:
- A. approximatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 = Ariamnes attenuatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881
- A. gracillimus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 = Ariamnes attenuatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881
- A. pulcher Soares & Camargo, 1948 = Ariamnes attenuatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881
- A. sinuatus Schenkel, 1953 = Ariamnes attenuatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881
See also
Notes and References
- Thorell. T.. 1869. On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 1–108. 7. 3. Tamerlan_Thorell.
- Web site: Gen. Ariamnes Thorell, 1869. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-06-11. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
