''Acantheis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
n
wandering spiders first described by
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...
in 1891.
Species
it contains nine species:
*''
Acantheis boetonensis''
(Strand
Strand or The Strand may refer to:
Topography
*The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Beach
** Shoreline
* Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places Africa
* Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
* ...
, 1913) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
*''
Acantheis celer''
( Simon, 1897) – Indonesia (Java)
*''
Acantheis dimidiatus''
(Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
*''
Acantheis indicus''
Gravely, 1931 – India
*''
Acantheis laetus''
(Thorell, 1890) – Borneo
*''
Acantheis longiventris''
Simon, 1897 – Malaysia, Indonesia
*''
Acantheis nipponicus''
Ono, 2008 – Japan
*''
Acantheis oreus''
(Simon, 1901) – Malaysia
*''
Acantheis variatus''
(Thorell, 1890) (
type
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* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* ...
) – Indonesia (Nias Is.)
References
Ctenidae genera
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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