Apostenus is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.[2]
| Apostenus Temporal range:
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| A. fuscus, adult male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Liocranidae |
| Genus: | Apostenus Westring, 1851[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. fuscus Westring, 1851
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| Species | |
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13, see text | |
Species
editAs of September 2019[update] it contains thirteen species, found in Europe, Africa, Canada, the United States, and Karakorum:[1]
- Apostenus algericus Bosmans, 1999 – Algeria
- Apostenus annulipedes Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
- Apostenus annulipes Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
- Apostenus californicus Ubick & Vetter, 2005 – USA
- Apostenus crespoi Lissner, 2017 – Portugal
- Apostenus ducati Bennett, Copley & Copley, 2013 – USA, Canada
- Apostenus fuscus Westring, 1851 (type) – Europe
- Apostenus gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- Apostenus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- Apostenus humilis Simon, 1932 – Portugal, Spain, France
- Apostenus maroccanus Bosmans, 1999 – Morocco
- Apostenus ochraceus Hadjissarantos, 1940 – Greece
- Apostenus palmensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Apostenus Westring, 1851". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ Westring, N. (1851). "Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan". Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 2: 25–62.