Apochinomma

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Apochinomma
Apochinomma formicaeforme 18393519.jpg
Female A. elongatum
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A. formicaeforme
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Apochinomma
Pavesi, 1881 [1]
Type species
A. formicaeforme
Pavesi, 1881
Species

16, see text

Apochinomma is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Pietro Pavesi in 1881. [2]

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Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in Africa, Asia and Brazil. [1]

Name

The genus name is grammatically neutral, as it is coined after Corinnomma , which itself is a combination of Corinna and Ancient Greek ὄμμα (omma, "eye"), which is neutral in Greek. [3]

Species

A. formicaeforme Apochinomma formicaeforme 18393457.jpg
A. formicaeforme

As of September 2025 it contains eleven species: [1]

Several species were transferred to other genera, such as Mazax , Myrmecotypus and Castianeira . [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian. "Gen. Apochinomma Pavesi, 1881". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  2. ↑ Pavesi, P. (1881). "Studi sugli Aracnidi africani. II. Aracnidi d'Inhambane raccolti da Carlo Fornasini e considerazioni sull'aracnofauna del Mozambico". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 16: 536–560.
  3. ↑ Karsch, F. (1880). "Arachnologische Blätter (Decas I)". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. Dritte Folge. 5: 373–409.


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