Acroterius

Acroterius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Acroterius ; Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021
Type species
	A. brevis ; Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021
Species
	12, see text

Last updated January 25, 2026

Acroterius is a genus of east Asian sheet weavers. It was first described by M. Irfan, S. Bashir and X. J. Peng in 2021,^[2] and it has only been found in China.^[1]

Species

As of December 2021^[update] it contains twelve species:^[1]

A. absentus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
A. brevis Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 (type) – China
A. camur Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
A. circinatus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
A. hamatus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
A. inversus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
A. latus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
A. longidentatus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
A. longimultus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
A. longiprojectus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
A. ovatus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China
A. parvus Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021 – China

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Acroterius Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2021-12-02.
↑ Irfan, M.; Bashir, S.; Peng, X. J. (2021). "Acroterius gen. nov. (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae) with twelve new species from Yunnan, China". European Journal of Taxonomy (743): 1–53. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2021.743.1293 . S2CID 233574240.

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[WSC_g5876-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Acroterius Irfan, Bashir & Peng, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2021-12-02.

[Irfa2021-2] Irfan, M.; Bashir, S.; Peng, X. J. (2021). "Acroterius gen. nov. (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae) with twelve new species from Yunnan, China". European Journal of Taxonomy (743): 1–53. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2021.743.1293 . S2CID 233574240.

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