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Hentziectypus

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Hentziectypus
H. globosus, adult female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Hentziectypus
Archer, 1946[1]
Type species
H. globosus
(Hentz, 1850)
Species

12, see text

Hentziectypus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1946.[2] Originally placed with Theridion, it was moved to Achaearanea in 1955,[3] and to its own genus in 2008.[4] These spiders most resemble members of Cryptachaea, but are distinguished by a median apophysis that is broadly attached to the tegulum. Spiders of Parasteatoda have a median apophysis attached to the embolus, while those of Achaearanea have a hooked paracymbium on the pedipalps of males.[4]

Species

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As of September 2019 it contains twelve species, found in the Americas and in the Caribbean, including Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, and Bermuda:[1]

In synonymy:

  • H. credulus (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) = Hentziectypus schullei (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936)
  • H. mendax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) = Hentziectypus florens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Hentziectypus Archer, 1946". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  2. ^ Archer, A. F. (1946). "The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama". Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History. 22: 1–67.
  3. ^ Levi, H. W. (1955). "The spider genera Coressa and Achaearanea in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae)". American Museum Novitates (1718): 1–33.
  4. ^ a b Yoshida, H. (2008). "A revision of the genus Achaearanea (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Acta Arachnologica. 57: 38. doi:10.2476/asjaa.57.37.