Actinopus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Actinopodidae |
| Genus: | Actinopus Perty, 1883[1] |
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Actinopus is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. It is found in South America, Central America and Trinidad.
Taxonomy
The genus was erected in 1883 by Maximilian Perty,[1] initially for the species Actinopus tarsalis, from Brazil. The genus name is derived from Greek actin- "ray, beam" and pous "foot".[2]
Species
As of October 2016[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Actinopus caraiba (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
- Actinopus crassipes (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Actinopus cucutaensis Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Colombia
- Actinopus dubiomaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
- Actinopus echinus Mello-Leitão, 1949 – Brazil
- Actinopus fractus Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil
- Actinopus goloboffi Ríos, 2014 – Argentina
- Actinopus harti Pocock, 1895 – Trinidad
- Actinopus insignis (Holmberg, 1881) – Argentina
- Actinopus liodon (Ausserer, 1875) – Uruguay
- Actinopus longipalpis C. L. Koch, 1842 – Uruguay
- Actinopus nattereri (Doleschall, 1871) – Brazil
- Actinopus nigripes (Lucas, 1834) – Brazil
- Actinopus paranensis Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Argentina
- Actinopus pertyi Lucas, 1843 – South America
- Actinopus piceus (Ausserer, 1871) – Brazil
- Actinopus princeps Chamberlin, 1917 – Brazil
- Actinopus pusillus Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil
- Actinopus robustus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) – Panama
- Actinopus rojasi (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
- Actinopus rufibarbis Mello-Leitão, 1930 – Brazil
- Actinopus rufipes (Lucas, 1834) – Brazil
- Actinopus scalops (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
- Actinopus tarsalis Perty, 1833 (type species) – Brazil
- Actinopus trinotatus Mello-Leitão, 1938 – Brazil
- Actinopus valencianus (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
- Actinopus wallacei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Brazil, Bolivia
- Actinopus xenus Chamberlin, 1917 – South America
References
- ^ a b c d "Gen. Actinopus Perty, 1883", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-10-19
- ^ Perty, M. (1833), "Arachnides Brasilienses", in de Spix, J.B.; Martius, F.P. (eds.), Delectus animalium articulatorum quae in itinere per Braziliam ann. 1817 et 1820 colligerunt, Monachius
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