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Genus: Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Aphantochilus rainbow Díaz-Guevara, Troya & Domínguez-Trujillo, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

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Described:

Distribution: Ecuador

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO-MECN), Quito, Ecuador m (AR 550) - (Díaz-Guevara, Troya & Domínguez-Trujillo, 2026)
Paratype: Entomological Collection of Escuela Politécnica Nacional (MEPN), Quito, Ecuador 1m (49154) - (Díaz-Guevara, Troya & Domínguez-Trujillo, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Aphantochilus rainbow Díaz-Guevara, Troya & Domínguez-Trujillo, 2026: 516, f. 2A-F (Dm) Original description

References

Díaz-Guevara, D. R., Troya, A. & Domínguez-Trujillo, M. (2026). A new species of the ant-mimicking crab spider Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from the Ecuadorian Amazon canopy. Arachnology 20(4): 515-518. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Díaz-Guevara, Troya & Domínguez-Trujillo, 2026
2026-03-04	New species inserted	Díaz-Guevara, Troya & Domínguez-Trujillo, 2026

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