Aphantochilus

Aphantochilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Aphantochilus; O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
Type species
	A. rogersi; O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
Species
	A. cambridgei Canals, 1933 – Argentina ; A. inermipes Simon, 1929 – Brazil ; A. rogersi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 – Panama to Paraguay;
Synonyms
	Bucranium O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881; Cryptoceroides Piza, 1937;

Aphantochilus is a genus of ant-mimicking crab spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871.^[4] As of June 2020 it contains three species, found in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Panama: A. cambridgei, A. inermipes, and A. rogersi.^[1] It is a senior synonym of Cryptoceroides.^[3]

A. rogersi is polymorphic.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
^ Benjamin, S. P. (2011). "Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 3080: 11. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3080.1.1.
^ ^a ^b Gerschman de P., B. S.; Schiapelli, R. D. (1964). "Observaciones sobre el género Cryptoceroides Toledo-Piza, 1937 (Araneae-Aphantochilidae)". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. 24: 418.
^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871). "On some new genera and species of Araneida". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 38: 728–747.

Teixeira, R. A.; Campos, L. A.; Lise, A. A. (2014). "Phylogeny of Aphantochilinae and Strophiinae sensu Simon (Araneae; Thomisidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (1): 65–78. doi:10.1111/zsc.12036.
Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1946). "Arañas del Paraguay". Notas del Museo de la Plata. 11: 17–50.
Piza Jr., S. de T. (1937). "Novas especies de aranhas myrmecomorphas do Brasil e considerações sobre o seu mimetismo". Revista do Museu Paulista. 23: 307–319.
Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390: 1–374. doi:10.1206/821.1. hdl:11336/18066. S2CID 86146467.