''Actinopus'' is a

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spiders in the family

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. It was first described by Josef Anton Maximilian Perty in 1833 from the type species '' Actinopus tarsalis'' found in Brazil. The name is derived from Greek ''actin-'' "ray, beam" and ''pous'' "foot". It is a

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of ''Aussereria'', ''Closterochilus'', ''Pachyloscelis'', and ''Theragretes''. The few reported bites from Brazil resulted in no symptoms, indicating that they can deliver dry bites or small amounts of venom. However, they should be treated with caution due to some reports of bites causing local pain and muscle contractions. These spider also have a low venom yield, '' Actinopus crassipes'' for example has a mean venom yield of 0.09 mg.

Species

it contains 97 species: *'' A. anselmoi'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. apalai'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. apiacas'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. argenteus'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. ariasi'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. azaghal'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. balcarce'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. bocaina'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. buritiensis'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. candango'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. caraiba'' (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela *'' A. castelo'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. casuhati'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. caxiuana'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. clavero'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. coboi'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay *'' A. cochabamba'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2016 – Bolivia *'' A. concinnus'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Venezuela *'' A. confusus'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. cordobensis'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. cornelli'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. coylei'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. crassipes'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina *'' A. cucutaensis'' Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil *'' A. dioi'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. dubiomaculatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil *'' A. ducke'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. echinus'' Mello-Leitão, 1949 – Brazil *'' A. emas'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. excavatus'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. fernandezi'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay *'' A. fractus'' Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil *'' A. gerschiapelliarum'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Uruguay, Argentina *'' A. goloboffi'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2014 – Argentina *'' A. guajara'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. harti'' Pocock, 1895 – Trinidad *'' A. harveyi'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. hirsutus'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. indiamuerta'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. insignis'' (Holmberg, 1881) – Uruguay, Argentina *'' A. ipioca'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. itacolomi'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. itapitocai'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. itaqui'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. jaboticatubas'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. jamari'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. laventana'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Uruguay, Argentina *'' A. liodon'' (Ausserer, 1875) – Uruguay *'' A. lomalinda'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Colombia, Guyana *'' A. longipalpis'' C. L. Koch, 1842 – Uruguay, Argentina *'' A. magnus'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. mairinquensis'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. mesa'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. nattereri'' (Doleschall, 1871) – Brazil *'' A. nigripes'' (Lucas, 1834) – Brazil *'' A. obidos'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. osbournei'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. palmar'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. pampa'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. pampulha'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. panguana'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Peru *'' A. parafundulus'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. paraitinga'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. paranensis'' Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil *'' A. patagonia'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. pertyi'' Lucas, 1843 – South America *'' A. piceus'' (Ausserer, 1871) – Brazil *'' A. pindapoy'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Argentina *'' A. pinhao'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. princeps'' Chamberlin, 1917 – Brazil *'' A. puelche'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Uruguay, Argentina *'' A. pusillus'' Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil *'' A. ramirezi'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. reycali'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. reznori'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. robustus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) – Panama *'' A. rojasi'' (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela *'' A. rufibarbis'' Mello-Leitão, 1930 – Brazil *'' A. rufipes'' (Lucas, 1834) – Brazil *'' A. scalops'' (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela *'' A. septemtrionalis'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. simoi'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay *'' A. szumikae'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. taragui'' Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina *'' A. tarsalis'' Perty, 1833 – Brazil *'' A. tasneemae'' (Sherwood & Pett, 2022) – Paraguay *'' A. tetymapyta'' (Sherwood & Pett, 2022) – Paraguay *'' A. trinotatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1938 – Brazil *'' A. tutu'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. urucui'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. uruguayense'' Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay *'' A. utinga'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. valencianus'' (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela *'' A. vilhena'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil *'' A. wallacei'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Brazil *'' A. xenus'' Chamberlin, 1917 – South America *'' A. xingu'' Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil Formerly included: *''A. bonneti'' (Zapfe, 1961) (Transferred to '' Plesiolena'') *''A. gracilis'' (Hentz, 1842) (Transferred to '' Antrodiaetus'')

Species

See also

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