''Acontius'' is a
genus
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of
wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by
Ferdinand Karsch
Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch (2 September 1853, in Münster – 20 December 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist. He also wrote on human and animal sexual diversity with his mother's maiden name included a ...
in 1879.
Species
it contains twelve species:
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Acontius aculeatus''
( Simon, 1903) – Equatorial Guinea
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Acontius africanus''
(Simon, 1889) – West Africa, Congo
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Acontius australis''
(Simon, 1886) – Argentina
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Acontius hartmanni''
Karsch, 1879 (
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) – Angola
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Acontius humiliceps''
(Simon, 1907) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
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Acontius kiriba''
Zonstein, 2018 – Burundi
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Acontius lamottei''
(Dresco, 1972) – Ivory Coast
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Acontius lawrencei''
( Roewer, 1953) – Congo
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Acontius lesserti''
(Roewer, 1953) – Congo
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Acontius machadoi''
(Lessert, 1938) – Congo
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Acontius nimba''
Zonstein, 2018 – Guinea
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Acontius stercoricola''
(Denis, 1955) – Guinea
References
Cyrtaucheniidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
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