''Apostenus'' is a

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of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.

Species

it contains thirteen species, found in Europe, Africa,

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, the

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: *'' Apostenus algericus'' Bosmans, 1999 –

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*'' Apostenus annulipedes'' Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is. *'' Apostenus annulipes'' Caporiacco, 1935 –

*'' Apostenus californicus'' Ubick & Vetter, 2005 – USA *'' Apostenus crespoi'' Lissner, 2017 –

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

*'' Apostenus ducati'' Bennett, Copley & Copley, 2013 – USA,

*'' Apostenus fuscus'' Westring, 1851 (

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*'' Apostenus gomerensis'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is. *'' Apostenus grancanariensis'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is. *'' Apostenus humilis'' Simon, 1932 – Portugal,

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*'' Apostenus maroccanus'' Bosmans, 1999 –

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*'' Apostenus ochraceus'' Hadjissarantos, 1940 –

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*'' Apostenus palmensis'' Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.

References

Araneomorphae genera Liocranidae Spiders of Africa Spiders of North America {{Liocranidae-stub

Species

See also

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