Apostenus is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.[2]

Apostenus
Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present
A. fuscus, adult male
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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
Species

13, see text

Species

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As of September 2019 it contains thirteen species, found in Europe, Africa, Canada, the United States, and Karakorum:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.