Apyretina

Apyretina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Apyretina Strand, 1929 [1]
Type species
A. pentagona (Simon, 1895)
Species
5, see text

Apyretina is a genus of African crab spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. ^[2]

Species

As of June 2020 ^[update] it contains five species, found on Madagascar: ^[1]

• Apyretina catenulata (Simon, 1903) – Madagascar
• Apyretina nigra (Simon, 1903) – Madagascar
• Apyretina pentagona (Simon, 1895) (type) – Madagascar
• Apyretina quinquenotata (Simon, 1903) – Madagascar
• Apyretina tessera (Simon, 1903) – Madagascar

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

References

1. "Gen. Apyretina Strand, 1929". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-07-26.
2. Strand, E. (1929). "Zoological and palaeontological nomenclatorical notes". Acta Universitatis Latviensis. 20: 1–29.

Further reading

• Simon, E. (1903). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de Madagascar, faisant partie des collections du Muséum". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 9: 133–140.
• Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.