Anaptomecus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Sparassoidea

Familia: Sparassidae
Genus: Anaptomecus
Species: A. levyi – A. longiventris – A. paru – A. suni – A. temii – A. yarigui
Name

Anaptomecus Simon, 1903

Type species: Anaptomecus longiventris Eugène Louis Simon, 1903
References
Primary references

Simon, E.L. 1903a. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 47: 21-39 Reference page.

Additional references

Galvis, W. & Rheims, C.A. 2018. New species of Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Colombia, with an identification key for all known species of the genus Zootaxa 4521(2): 294–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.11. Reference page.
Guala, M.E., Labarque, F.M. & Rheims, C.A. 2012: New species of Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Zootaxa 3187: 43–53. Preview Reference page.
Jäger, P., Rheims, C.A. & Labarque, F.M. 2009: On the huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 from South and Central America (Araneae, Sparassidae). ZooKeys 16: 115-147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.236 Open access. Reference page

Anaptomecus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.[2]
Species

As of September 2019 it contains six species, found in Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Colombia:[1]

Anaptomecus levyi Jäger, Rheims & Labarque, 2009 – Colombia
Anaptomecus longiventris Simon, 1903 (type) – Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador
Anaptomecus paru Guala, Labarque & Rheims, 2012 – Colombia, Ecuador
Anaptomecus suni Guala, Labarque & Rheims, 2012 – Ecuador
Anaptomecus temii Jäger, Rheims & Labarque, 2009 – Panama
Anaptomecus yarigui Galvis & Rheims, 2018 – Colombia

See also

List of Sparassidae species

References

Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Anaptomecus Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-12.

Simon, E. (1903). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 47: 21–39. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25299.

Further reading
Galvis, W. & Rheims, A. (2018). "New species of Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Colombia, with an identification key for all known species of the genus". Zootaxa. 4521 (2): 294–300. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.11. PMID 30486181. S2CID 54151367.