''Apollophanes'' is a

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of running crab spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1898.

Species

it contains fourteen species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Asia, Canada, Mexico, the United States, and

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Apollophanes aztecanus Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Mexico *''

Apollophanes caribaeus Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Trinidad *''

Apollophanes crispus Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Panama *''

Apollophanes erectus Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' Dondale & Redner, 1975 – Mexico *''

Apollophanes fitzroyi Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' Baert, 2013 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) *''

Apollophanes gaucho Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' Francisco, Ott & Teixeira, 2016 – Brazil *''

Apollophanes indistinctus Apollophanes Soter (Greek language, Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab region, Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, ex ...

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, 1933 – Mexico *''

Apollophanes lonesomegeorgei Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' Baert, 2013 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) *''

Apollophanes longipes Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico *''

Apollophanes macropalpus Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' (Paik, 1979) – Russia (West Siberia to Far East), Korea *''

Apollophanes margareta ''Apollophanes margareta'' is a species of running crab spider in the family Philodromidae Philodromidae, also known as philodromid crab spiders and running crab spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tord Tamerlan Teod ...

'' Lowrie & Gertsch, 1955 – USA, Canada *''

Apollophanes punctatus Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' (Bryant, 1948) – Hispaniola *''

Apollophanes punctipes Apollophanes Soter (Greek: ; epithet means "the Saviour"; reigned c. 35 – 25 BCE) was an Indo-Greek king in the area of eastern and central Punjab in modern India and Pakistan. Rule Little is known about him, except for some of his remaining ...

'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891) (

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Apollophanes texanus ''Apollophanes texanus'' is a species of running crab spider in the family Philodromidae Philodromidae, also known as philodromid crab spiders and running crab spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tord Tamerlan Teodor ...

'' Banks, 1904 – USA, Mexico

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