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Acanthoceto

Acanthoceto is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1944.

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Acanthoceto
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Acanthoceto
Mello-Leitão, 19441
Type species
A. acupicta
(Nicolet, 1849)
Species

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Acanthoceto is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1944.2

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes seven species:1

  • Acanthoceto acupicta (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil
  • Acanthoceto cinerea (Tullgren, 1901) – Chile, Argentina
  • Acanthoceto ladormida Ramírez, 1997 – Chile
  • Acanthoceto marina Ramírez, 1997 – Chile
  • Acanthoceto pichi Ramírez, 1997 – Chile, Argentina
  • Acanthoceto riogrande Ramírez, 1997 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Acanthoceto septentrionalis (Berland, 1913) – Colombia, Ecuador
References

References

  1. "Gen. Mello-Leitão, 1944". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  2. Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1944). "Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires". Revista del Museo de La Plata. New Series, Zool. 3: 311–393.
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