''Acontius'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by
Ferdinand Karsch
Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch or Karsch-Haack (2 September 1853, in Münster – 20 December 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist.
The son of a doctor, Karsch was educated at the Friedrich Wilhelm Univers ...
in 1879.
Species
it contains twelve species:
*''
Acontius aculeatus''
(Simon
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* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1903) – Equatorial Guinea
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Acontius africanus''
(Simon, 1889) – West Africa, Congo
*''
Acontius australis''
(Simon, 1886) – Argentina
*''
Acontius hartmanni''
Karsch, 1879 (
type) – Angola
*''
Acontius humiliceps''
(Simon, 1907) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
*''
Acontius kiriba''
Zonstein, 2018 – Burundi
*''
Acontius lamottei''
(Dresco, 1972) – Ivory Coast
*''
Acontius lawrencei''
( Roewer, 1953) – Congo
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Acontius lesserti''
(Roewer, 1953) – Congo
*''
Acontius machadoi''
(Lessert, 1938) – Congo
*''
Acontius nimba''
Zonstein, 2018 – Guinea
*''
Acontius stercoricola''
(Denis, 1955) – Guinea
References
Cyrtaucheniidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
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