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Genus of spiders
Actinopus is a
genus of
mygalomorph spiders in the family
Actinopodidae . It was first described by
Josef Anton Maximilian Perty in 1833 from the type species
Actinopus tarsalis found in Brazil.
[5]
[6] The name is derived from Greek actin- "ray, beam" and pous "foot".
[5] It is a
senior synonym of Aussereria , Closterochilus , Pachyloscelis , and Theragretes .
[2]
[3]
[4]
The few reported bites from Brazil resulted in no symptoms, indicating that they can deliver dry bites or small amounts of venom.
[7] However, they should be treated with caution due to some reports of bites causing local pain and muscle contractions.
[8] These spider also have a low venom yield,
Actinopus crassipes for example has a mean venom yield of 0.09 mg.
[9]
Species
As of January 2023
[update] it contains 97 species:
[1]
A. anselmoi Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. apalai Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. apiacas Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. argenteus Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. ariasi Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. azaghal Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. balcarce Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. bocaina Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. buritiensis Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. candango Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. caraiba (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
A. castelo Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. casuhati Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. caxiuana Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. clavero Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. coboi Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay
A. cochabamba Ríos-Tamayo, 2016 – Bolivia
A. concinnus Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Venezuela
A. confusus Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. cordobensis Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. cornelli Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. coylei Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. crassipes (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
A. cucutaensis Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
A. dioi Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. dubiomaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
A. ducke Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. echinus Mello-Leitão, 1949 – Brazil
A. emas Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. excavatus Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. fernandezi Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay
A. fractus Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil
A. gerschiapelliarum Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Uruguay, Argentina
A. goloboffi Ríos-Tamayo, 2014 – Argentina
A. guajara Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. harti Pocock, 1895 – Trinidad
A. harveyi Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. hirsutus Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. indiamuerta Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. insignis (Holmberg, 1881) – Uruguay, Argentina
A. ipioca Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. itacolomi Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. itapitocai Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. itaqui Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. jaboticatubas Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. jamari Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. laventana Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Uruguay, Argentina
A. liodon (Ausserer, 1875) – Uruguay
A. lomalinda Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Colombia, Guyana
A. longipalpis C. L. Koch, 1842 – Uruguay, Argentina
A. magnus Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. mairinquensis Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. mesa Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. nattereri (Doleschall, 1871) – Brazil
A. nigripes (Lucas, 1834) – Brazil
A. obidos Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. osbournei Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. palmar Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. pampa Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. pampulha Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. panguana Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Peru
A. parafundulus Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. paraitinga Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. paranensis Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil
A. patagonia Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. pertyi Lucas, 1843 – South America
A. piceus (Ausserer, 1871) – Brazil
A. pindapoy Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Argentina
A. pinhao Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. princeps Chamberlin, 1917 – Brazil
A. puelche Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Uruguay, Argentina
A. pusillus Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil
A. ramirezi Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. reycali Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. reznori Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. robustus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) – Panama
A. rojasi (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
A. rufibarbis Mello-Leitão, 1930 – Brazil
A. rufipes (Lucas, 1834) – Brazil
A. scalops (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
A. septemtrionalis Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. simoi Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay
A. szumikae Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. taragui Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. tarsalis Perty, 1833 – Brazil
A. tasneemae (Sherwood & Pett, 2022) – Paraguay
A. tetymapyta (Sherwood & Pett, 2022) – Paraguay
A. trinotatus Mello-Leitão, 1938 – Brazil
A. tutu Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. urucui Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. uruguayense Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay
A. utinga Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. valencianus (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
A. vilhena Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. wallacei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Brazil
A. xenus Chamberlin, 1917 – South America
A. xingu Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
Formerly included:
See also
References
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a
b
c
"Gen. Actinopus Perty, 1833" . World Spider Catalog Version 20.0 . Natural History Museum Bern. 2021.
doi :
10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2021-11-14 .
^
a
b Simon, E. (1892).
Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier . Roret, Paris. pp. 1–256.
doi :
10.5962/bhl.title.51973 .
^
a
b
c Raven, R. J. (1985).
"The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics" . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 182 : 1–180.
^
a
b Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1896).
"On the Theraphosidae of the lower Amazons: being an account of the new genera and species of this group of spiders discovered during the expedition of the steamship "Faraday" up the river Amazons" . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 64 (3): 716–766.
doi :
10.1111/j.1096-3642.1896.tb03076.x .
hdl :
2027/coo.31924018549828 .
^
a
b Perty, M. (1833), "Arachnides Brasilienses.", in de Spix, J. B.; Martius, F. P. (eds.),
Delectus animalium articulatorum quae in itinere per Braziliam ann. , Monachii [München/Munich], pp. 191–209
^ Miglio, Laura Tavares; Lucas, Sylvia M.; Bonaldo, Alexandre B. (2012).
"On the identity of the type species of Actinopus tarsalis (Araneae: Actinopodidae)" . Zoologia (Curitiba Impresso) . 29 (4): 375–379.
doi :
10.1590/S1984-46702012000400009 .
S2CID
85091548 .
^ Lucas, Sylvia M.; Da Silva, Jr., P. I.; Bertani, R.; Cardoso, J. L. Costa; et al. (1994-05-04).
"Mygalomorph Spider Bites: A Report on 91 Cases in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil" (PDF) . Retrieved 2021-11-14 .
^ Mullen, Gary R.; Durden, Lance A. (2009-04-22).
Medical and Veterinary Entomology . Academic Press.
ISBN
978-0-08-091969-0 .
^ Bücherl, Wolfgang; Buckley, Eleanor E. (2013-09-24).
Venomous Animals and Their Venoms: Venomous Invertebrates . Elsevier.
ISBN
978-1-4832-6289-5 .
Further reading
Miglio, L. T.; Pérez-Miles, F.; Bonaldo, A. B. (2020).
"Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae)" . Megataxa . 2 (1): 1–256.
doi :
10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1 .
hdl :
20.500.12008/31734 .
S2CID
236828677 .
Ríos-Tamayo, D. (2019).
"Four new species of Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) from Uruguay" . Zootaxa . 4624 (4): 523–538.
doi :
10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.5 .
PMID
31716199 .
S2CID
198261874 .
Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Goloboff, P. A. (2018).
"Taxonomic revision and morphology of the trapdoor spider genus Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) in Argentina" . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 419 : 1–83.
doi :
10.1206/0003-0090-419.1.1 .
S2CID
89921597 .
Ríos-Tamayo, D. (2016).
"A new species of Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) from Bolivia" . Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales . Nueva Serie. 18 (2): 185–189.
doi :
10.22179/revmacn.18.444 .
Ríos-Tamayo, D. (2014).
"A new species of the genus Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) from Argentina" . Acta Arachnologica . 63 (2): 73–77.
doi :
10.2476/asjaa.63.73 .
hdl :
11336/12963 .