''Aphantaulax'' 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
ground spiders that was first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
in 1878.
Species
it contains seventeen species:
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Aphantaulax albini''
(Audouin, 1826) (
type) – Egypt, Ethiopia
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Aphantaulax australis''
Simon, 1893 – South Africa
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Aphantaulax cincta''
(L. Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist.
He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...
, 1866) – Europe, Turkey, North Africa, Israel
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Aphantaulax ensifera''
Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe
*''
Aphantaulax fasciata''
Kulczyński, 1911 – Thailand, Indonesia (Java, Lombok)
*''
Aphantaulax flavida''
Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
*''
Aphantaulax inornata''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aphantaulax katangae''
(Giltay, 1935) – Congo
*''
Aphantaulax rostrata''
Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2013 – Thailand
*''
Aphantaulax scotophaea''
Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
*''
Aphantaulax signicollis''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aphantaulax stationis''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aphantaulax trifasciata''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1872) – Southern Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Japan
**''
Aphantaulax t. trimaculata''
Simon, 1878 – France
*''
Aphantaulax univittata''
Thorell, 1897 – Myanmar
*''
Aphantaulax voiensis''
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, 1920 – East Africa
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Aphantaulax zonata''
Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Gnaphosidae
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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