Alcimosphenus

Alcimosphenus is a monotypic genus of Caribbean long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species, Alcimosphenus licinus. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895,[2] and is found in the Caribbean.[1] It was transferred to the Araneidae in 1951,[3] but was returned here in 2005.[4]

Alcimosphenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Alcimosphenus
Simon, 1895[1]
Species:
A. licinus
Binomial name
Alcimosphenus licinus
Simon, 1895
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcimosphenus bifurcatus Petrunkevitch, 1910
  • Alcimosphenus borinquenae Archer, 1965
  • Alcimosphenus montivagus (Archer, 1958)
  • Alcimosphenus rufoniger (Franganillo, 1930)
  • Alcimosphenus torrei (Archer, 1958)

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Alcimosphenus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. Archer, A. F. (1951). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1". American Museum Novitates. 1487: 12.
  4. Levi, H. W. (2005). "Identity and placement of species of the orb weaver genus Alcimosphenus (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)". Journal of Arachnology. 33: 754.


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