| Apostenus Temporal range:
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| A. fuscus, adult male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Liocranidae |
| Genus: | Apostenus Westring, 18511 |
| Type species | |
| A. fuscus Westring, 1851
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Apostenus is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851.2
Species
As of September 2019 it contains thirteen species, found in Europe, Africa, Canada, the United States, and Karakorum:1
- Apostenus algericus Bosmans, 1999 – Algeria
- Apostenus annulipedes Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
- Apostenus annulipes Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
- Apostenus californicus Ubick & Vetter, 2005 – USA
- Apostenus crespoi Lissner, 2017 – Portugal
- Apostenus ducati Bennett, Copley & Copley, 2013 – USA, Canada
- Apostenus fuscus Westring, 1851 (type) – Europe
- Apostenus gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- Apostenus grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- Apostenus humilis Simon, 1932 – Portugal, Spain, France
- Apostenus maroccanus Bosmans, 1999 – Morocco
- Apostenus ochraceus Hadjissarantos, 1940 – Greece
- Apostenus palmensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
References
References
- "Gen. Apostenus Westring, 1851". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- Westring, N. (1851). "Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan". Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 2: 25–62.