Onocolus Explained

Onocolus is a genus of South American crab spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.^[1] It is considered a senior synonym of Paronocolus.^[2]

Species

, it contains seventeen species:^[3] Onocolus comprises the following species:

• Onocolus ankeri (Teixeira & Machado, 2019) — Colombia, Brazil
• Onocolus biocellatus Mello-Leitão, 1948 — Guyana
• Onocolus compactilis Simon, 1895 — Peru, Brazil
• Onocolus echinatus (Taczanowski, 1872) — Venezuela to Brazil
• Onocolus echinicaudus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil, Paraguay
• Onocolus echinurus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
• Onocolus eloaeus Lise, 1980 — Brazil
• Onocolus garruchus Lise, 1979 — Brazil
• Onocolus granulosus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Peru, Brazil
• Onocolus infelix Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Brazil
• Onocolus intermedius (Mello-Leitão, 1929) — Brazil, Paraguay
• Onocolus latiductus Lise, 1980 — South America
• Onocolus mitralis Lise, 1979 — Venezuela, Brazil
• Onocolus pentagonus (Keyserling, 1880) — Panama to Brazil
• Onocolus perditus Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
• Onocolus simoni Mello-Leitão, 1915 — Brazil, Peru
• Onocolus trifolius Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil

Notes and References

1. Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris 1, 761-1084
2. Lise. A. A. 1981. Tomisídeos neotropicais V: Revisão do gênero Onocolus Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopsinae). Iheringia, Sér. Zool.. 57. 3–97.
3. Web site: Thomisidae. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019-03-07.