Architis
| Architis | |
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| A. spinipes with prey | |
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| Architis sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Architis Simon, 1898[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. tenuis Simon, 1898 | |
| Species | |
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21, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Architis is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[4]
Distribution
[edit]Spiders in this genus are found in South America, Panama, and on Trinidad.[1]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 21 species:[1]
- Architis altamira Santos, 2007 – Brazil
- Architis amazonica (Simon, 1898) – Brazil
- Architis brasiliensis (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil
- Architis capricorna Carico, 1981 – Brazil, Argentina
- Architis catuaba Santos, 2008 – Brazil, Peru
- Architis colombo Santos, 2007 – Brazil
- Architis comaina Santos, 2007 – Peru
- Architis cymatilis Carico, 1981 – Trinidad, Colombia to Brazil
- Architis dianasilvae Santos, 2007 – Peru
- Architis erwini Santos, 2007 – Ecuador
- Architis fritzmuelleri Santos, 2007 – Brazil
- Architis gracilis Santos, 2008 – Brazil
- Architis helveola (Simon, 1898) – Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
- Architis ikuruwa Carico, 1981 – Guyana, Suriname, Peru, Bolivia
- Architis maturaca Santos, 2007 – Brazil
- Architis neblina Santos & Nogueira, 2008 – Brazil
- Architis robusta Carico, 1981 – Panama, Brazil
- Architis spinipes (Taczanowski, 1874) – Panama, Trinidad to Argentina
- Architis tenuipes (Simon, 1898) – Brazil
- Architis tenuis Simon, 1898 – Panama to Brazil (type species)
- Architis turvo Santos, 2007 – Brazil
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Architis Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
- 1 2 Santos, A. J. (2007). "A phylogenetic analysis of the nursery-web spider family Pisauridae, with emphasis on the genera Architis and Staberius (Araneae: Lycosoidea)". Zoologica Scripta. 36 (5): 498. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00291.x. S2CID 86060105.
- ↑ Carico, J. E. (1993). "Taxonomic notes on the genus Architis (Araneae, Pisauridae) and status of the genus Sisenna Simon". Journal of Arachnology. 21: 202.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1898). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux des familles des Agelenidae, Pisauridae, Lycosidae et Oxyopidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 42: 5–34.
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