| Acroterius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Acroterius Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 20211 |
| Type species | |
| A. brevis Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021
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| Species | |
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12, see text | |
Acroterius is a genus of east Asian sheet weavers. It was first described by M. Irfan, S. Bashir and X. J. Peng in 2021,2 and it has only been found in China.1
Species
As of December 2021 it contains twelve species:1
- A. absentus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
- A. brevis Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 (type) – China
- A. camur Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
- A. circinatus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
- A. hamatus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
- A. inversus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
- A. latus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
- A. longidentatus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
- A. longimultus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
- A. longiprojectus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
- A. ovatus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
- A. parvus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
References
References
- "Gen. Acroterius Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- Irfan, M.; Bashir, S.; Peng, X. J. (2021). "Acroterius gen. nov. (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae) with twelve new species from Yunnan, China". European Journal of Taxonomy (743): 1–53. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.743.1293. S2CID 233574240.