''Aponetius'' 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 east Asian
ground spider
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
s. It was first described by T. Kamura in 2020,
and it has only been found in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
The type species, ''Aponetius gladius'', was originally described under the name "''Zelotes gladius"''.
Species
it contains five species:
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A. flexuosus''
(Kamura, 1999) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''
A. gladius''
(Kamura, 1999) (
type) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''
A. ogatai''
Kamura, 2020 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''
A. ryukyuensis''
(Kamura, 1999) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''
A. watarii''
Kamura, 2020 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
See also
* ''
Zelotes
''Zelotes'' is a genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and bel ...
''
*
List of Gnaphosidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Gnaphosidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 3059 species in 158 genera:
A ''Allomicythus''
''Allomicythus'' Ono, 2009
* '' Allomicythus kamurai'' Ono, 2009 ( type) — V ...
References
Further reading
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Gnaphosidae genera
Endemic fauna of the Ryukyu Islands
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