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Acentroscelus is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886. It is a senior synonym of Whittickius.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyThomisidae
Observations recorded184

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
62
Family
Thomisidae
Collections
MNRJ, MPEG
Recorded in
Brasil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Thomisidae
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taxon name
Acentroscelus
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Acentroscelus
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Further reading

Acentroscelus is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886. It is a senior synonym of Whittickius.

==Species== it contains eleven species, found in Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, and French Guiana: Acentroscelus albipes Simon, 1886 (type) – Brazil Acentroscelus gallinii Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Argentina Acentroscelus granulosus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil Acentroscelus guianensis (Taczanowski, 1872) – Peru, French Guiana Acentroscelus muricatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil Acentroscelus nigrianus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil Acentroscelus peruvianus (Keyserling, 1880) – Peru Acentroscelus ramboi Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil Acentroscelus secundus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil Acentroscelus singularis (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Guyana Acentroscelus versicolor Soares, 1942 – Brazil

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