Avelis is a monotypic genus of African crab spiders containing the single species, Avelis hystriculus. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895,[2] and all identified species were found in the Cape Province of South Africa.[3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Avelis Simon, 1895[1] |
| Species: | A. hystriculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Avelis hystriculus Simon, 1895
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Avelis Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1986). "The crab-spiders of southern Africa (Araneae: Thomisidae). 6. The genus Avelis Simon, 1895". Phytophylactica. 18: 131–132.