Aamunops

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Aamunops
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Caponiidae
Genus: Aamunops
Galán-Sánchez & Álvarez-Padilla, 2022 [1]
Type species
A. olmeca
Galán-Sánchez & Álvarez-Padilla, 2022
Species

7, see text

Aamunops is a Mexican genus of spiders in the family Caponiidae. [2]

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Distribution

This genus is endemic to Mexico. [2] All species described in 2022 are found in the eastern part of the country. [1]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of aamu, which means "spider" in the Popoluca de la Sierra language spoken in the south of Veracruz, and the ending -nops, commonly used for caponiid genera. [1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes seven species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Galán-Sánchez, M. A.; Álvarez-Padilla, F. (2022). "A new genus of caponiid spiders with its phylogenetic placement within Nopinae and the description of a new species of Orthonops Chamberlin, 1924 from eastern Mexico (Araneae: Synspermiata, Caponiidae)". Zootaxa. 5128: 547–573. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5128.4.5.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Aamunops Galán-Sánchez & Álvarez-Padilla, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-21.


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