Araeoncus

Araeoncus is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884. They closely resemble members of Diplocephalus; both genera have a uniquely shaped of the cephalothorax and a species-specific modification of the tibial apophysis of the pedipalp.

Species

it contains thirty-nine species:

• Araeoncus altissimus <small>Simon, 1884</small> – France, Italy, Azerbaijan
• Araeoncus anguineus <small>(L. Koch, 1869)</small> – Europe
• Araeoncus banias <small>, 2013</small> – Israel
• Araeoncus caucasicus <small>Tanasevitch, 1987</small> – Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia
• Araeoncus clavatus <small>Tanasevitch, 1987</small> – Turkey, Armenia
• Araeoncus clivifrons <small>Deltshev, 1987</small> – Bulgaria
• Araeoncus convexus <small>Tullgren, 1955</small> – Sweden, Estonia
• Araeoncus crassiceps <small>(Westring, 1861)</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
• Araeoncus curvatus <small>Tullgren, 1955</small> – Sweden, Estonia
• Araeoncus cypriacus <small>Tanasevitch, 2011</small> – Cyprus
• Araeoncus discedens <small>(Simon, 1881)</small> – Spain, France, Italy
• Araeoncus dispar <small>Tullgren, 1955</small> – Sweden
• Araeoncus duriusculus <small>Caporiacco, 1935</small> – Karakorum
• Araeoncus etinde <small>Bosmans & , 1983</small> – Cameroon
• Araeoncus femineus <small>(Roewer, 1942)</small> – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
• Araeoncus galeriformis <small>(Tanasevitch, 1987)</small> – Russia (Caucasus), Azerbaijan
• Araeoncus gertschi <small>Caporiacco, 1949</small> – Kenya
• Araeoncus hanno <small>Simon, 1884</small> – Algeria
• Araeoncus humilis <small>(Blackwall, 1841)</small> (type) – Europe, North Africa, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Japan. Introduced to New Zealand
• Araeoncus hyalinus <small>Song & Li, 2010</small> – China
• Araeoncus impolitus <small>Holm, 1962</small> – Kenya
• Araeoncus longispineus <small>Song & Li, 2010</small> – China
• Araeoncus longiusculus <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)</small> – France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia, mainland)
• Araeoncus macrophthalmus <small>Miller, 1970</small> – Angola
• Araeoncus malawiensis <small>Jocqué, 1981</small> – Malawi
• Araeoncus martinae <small>Bosmans, 1996</small> – Morocco, Algeria
• Araeoncus mitriformis <small>Tanasevitch, 2008</small> – Turkey, Iran
• Araeoncus obtusus <small>Bosmans & Jocqué, 1983</small> – Cameroon
• Araeoncus picturatus <small>Holm, 1962</small> – Tanzania
• Araeoncus rhodes <small>Tanasevitch, 2011</small> – Greece (Rhodes)
• Araeoncus sicanus <small>Brignoli, 1979</small> – Italy (Sicily)
• Araeoncus subniger <small>Holm, 1962</small> – Kenya
• Araeoncus tauricus <small>Gnelitsa, 2004</small> – Bulgaria, Greece (Crete), Turkey, Ukraine
• Araeoncus toubkal <small>Bosmans, 1996</small> – Portugal, Morocco
• Araeoncus tuberculatus <small>Tullgren, 1955</small> – Sweden
• Araeoncus vaporariorum <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)</small> – France, Italy
• Araeoncus victorianyanzae <small>Berland, 1936</small> – Kenya, Tanzania
• Araeoncus viphyensis <small>Jocqué, 1981</small> – Malawi
• Araeoncus vorkutensis <small>Tanasevitch, 1984</small> – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan

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