''Aponetius'' is a
genus
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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'', '' Drassode ...
s. It was first described by T. Kamura in 2020,
and it has only been found in
Japan
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.
The type species, ''Aponetius gladius'', was originally described under the name "''Zelotes gladius"''.
Species
it contains five species:
*''
A. flexuosus''
(Kamura, 1999) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''
A. gladius''
(Kamura, 1999) (
type
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) – 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''
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List of Gnaphosidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Gnaphosidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 2474 species in 153 genera:
A ''Allomicythus''
'' Allomicythus'' Ono, 2009
* '' Allomicythus kamurai'' Ono, 2009 (type) — Vi ...
References
Further reading
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Gnaphosidae genera
Endemic fauna of the Ryukyu Islands
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