Apochinomma

Apochinomma is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Pietro Pavesi in 1881.

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in Africa, Asia and Brazil.

Name

The genus name is grammatically neutral, as it is coined after Corinnomma, which itself is a combination of Corinna and Ancient Greek (omma, "eye"), which is neutral in Greek.

Species

it contains eleven species:

• Apochinomma armatum <small>Mello-Leitão, 1922</small> – Brazil
• Apochinomma constrictum <small>Simon, 1896</small> – Brazil
• Apochinomma deceptum <small>Haddad, 2013</small> – Mozambique, South Africa
• Apochinomma dolosum <small>Simon, 1897</small> – India
• Apochinomma elongatum <small>Haddad, 2013</small> – Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana
• Apochinomma formicaeforme <small>Pavesi, 1881</small> (type) – West, Central, East, Southern Africa
• Apochinomma malkini <small>Haddad, 2013</small> – Nigeria
• Apochinomma medog <small>Zhang & Zhang, 2023</small> – China
• Apochinomma nitidum <small>(Thorell, 1895)</small> – India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi)
• Apochinomma parvum <small>Haddad, 2013</small> – Guinea
• Apochinomma pyriforme <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> – Brazil

Several species were transferred to other genera, such as Mazax, Myrmecotypus and Castianeira.

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