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Genus: Acanthoceto Mello-Leitão, 1944 | Family: Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878

Acanthoceto acupicta (Nicolet, 1849)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023621

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Described:

Distribution: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil

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Taxonomic References

Clubiona acupicta Nicolet, 1849: 420 (Df) Original description

Clubiona acupita Simon, 1864: 132

Tomopisthes acupictus Simon, 1887h: E4

Gayenna marginata Keyserling, 1891: 139, pl. 4, f. 95 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060873]

Acanthoceto adelae Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 352, f. 43 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060872]

Acanthoceto acupictus Ramírez, 1997: 186, f. 2-3, 7, 9-10, 15-17, 44-51 (Dm, f, T from Tomopisthes, S of Acanthoceto adelae and Gayenna marginata)

Acanthoceto acupicta Ramírez, 2003: 77, f. 31A, 32B, 33D-E (m)

Acanthoceto acupicta Poy et al., 2025: 7, f. 4a-b, 5a-b, 6a-d (mf)

References

Keyserling, E. (1891). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Brasilianische Spinnen. Dritter Band. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 278 pp, 10 pls. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1944b). Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S., Zool.) 3: 311-393. -- Show included taxa

Nicolet, H. (1849). Aracnidos. In: Gay, C. (ed.) Historia física y política de Chile. Zoología 3, 319-543, pl. 1-5. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.16172 -- Show included taxa

Poy, D., Piacentini, L. N., Michalik, P., Lin, S. W., Martínez, L. A. & Ramírez, M. J. (2025). Copulatory mechanics in ghost spiders (Amaurobioidinae, Anyphaenidae) reveals an independent regressive evolution of a key genital trait through functional replacement. Arthropod Structure & Development 86(101442): 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2025.101442 -- Show included taxa

Ramírez, M. J. (1997). Revisión y filogenia de los géneros Ferrieria y Acanthoceto (Araneae: Anyphaenidae, Amaurobioidinae). Iheringia, Série Zoologia 82: 173-203. -- Show included taxa

Ramírez, M. J. (2003). The spider subfamily Amaurobioidinae (Araneae, Anyphaenidae): a phylogenetic revision at the generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 277: 1-262. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2003)277<0001:TSSAAA>2.0.CO;2 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1864). Histoire naturelle des Araignées (Aranéides). Roret, Paris, 540 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.47654 [[there are two published versions of pp. 65-68, version 1 from BHL, version 2 from Munich library]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1887h). Arachnides. In: Mission scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-1883. Paris 6, E1-E42, pl. 1-2. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Poy et al., 2025
2015-04-16	Species updated	Ramírez, 2003	Old value	Species epithet corrected