Anachemmis

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Anachemmis
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A. linsdalei, adult female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Genus: Anachemmis
Chamberlin, 1919 [1]
Type species
A. sober
Chamberlin, 1919
Species

5, see text

Anachemmis is a genus of North American false wolf spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1919. [2] It was briefly synonymized with Titiotus , [3] but was reconfirmed as its own distinct genus in 1999. [4]

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Species

As of September 2019 it contains five species, found in Mexico and the United States: [1]

Formerly included

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Anachemmis Chamberlin, 1919". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. Chamberlin, R. V. (1919). "New Californian spiders". Journal of Entomology and Zoology. 12: 1–17.
  3. Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 213.
  4. Platnick, N. I. (1999). "A revision of the Appalachian spider genus Liocranoides (Araneae: Tengellidae)". American Museum Novitates (3285): 4.