- Source: Actinopus
- Actinopus trinotatus
- Actinopus scalops
- Actinopus princeps
- Actinopus robustus
- Actinopus rufibarbis
- Actinopus nattereri
- Actinopus harti
- Actinopus rojasi
- Actinopus pusillus
- Actinopus crassipes
- Actinopus
- Actinopus bocaina
- Actinopus diablo
- Actinopus reycali
- Actinopus caxiuana
- Actinopus anselmoi
- Actinopus cochabamba
- Actinopus reznori
- Actinopus itacolomi
- Actinopus nigripes
Actinopus is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. It was first described by Josef Anton Maximilian Perty in 1833 from the type species Actinopus tarsalis found in Brazil. The name is derived from Greek actin- "ray, beam" and pous "foot". It is a senior synonym of Aussereria, Closterochilus, Pachyloscelis, and Theragretes.
The few reported bites from Brazil resulted in no symptoms, indicating that they can deliver dry bites or small amounts of venom. However, they should be treated with caution due to some reports of bites causing local pain and muscle contractions. These spiders also have a low venom yield; Actinopus crassipes for example has a mean venom yield of 0.09 mg.
Species
As of January 2023 it contains 97 species:
A. anselmoi Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. apalai Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. apiacas Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. argenteus Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. ariasi Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. azaghal Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. balcarce Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. bocaina Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. buritiensis Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. candango Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. caraiba (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
A. castelo Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. casuhati Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. caxiuana Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. clavero Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. coboi Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay
A. cochabamba Ríos-Tamayo, 2016 – Bolivia
A. concinnus Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Venezuela
A. confusus Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. cordobensis Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. cornelli Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. coylei Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. crassipes (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
A. cucutaensis Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
A. diablo Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2023 - Argentina
A. dioi Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. dubiomaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1923 – Brazil
A. ducke Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. echinus Mello-Leitão, 1949 – Brazil
A. emas Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. excavatus Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. fernandezi Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay
A. fractus Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil
A. gerschiapelliarum Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Uruguay, Argentina
A. goloboffi Ríos-Tamayo, 2014 – Argentina
A. guajara Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. harti Pocock, 1895 – Trinidad
A. harveyi Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. hirsutus Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. indiamuerta Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. insignis (Holmberg, 1881) – Uruguay, Argentina
A. ipioca Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. itacolomi Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. itapitocai Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. itaqui Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. jaboticatubas Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. jamari Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. laventana Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Uruguay, Argentina
A. lomalinda Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Colombia, Guyana
A. longipalpis C. L. Koch, 1842 – Uruguay, Argentina
A. lucasae Sherwood & Ríos-Tamayo, 2023 – Bolivia
A. magnus Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. mairinquensis Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. mesa Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. nattereri (Doleschall, 1871) – Brazil
A. nigripes (Lucas, 1834) – Brazil
A. obidos Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. osbournei Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. palmar Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. pampa Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. pampulha Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. panguana Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Peru
A. parafundulus Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. paraitinga Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. paranensis Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil
A. patagonia Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. pertyi Lucas, 1843 – South America
A. piceus (Ausserer, 1871) – Brazil
A. pinhao Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. princeps Chamberlin, 1917 – Brazil
A. puelche Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Uruguay, Argentina
A. pusillus Mello-Leitão, 1920 – Brazil
A. ramirezi Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. reycali Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. reznori Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. robustus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) – Panama
A. rojasi (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
A. rufibarbis Mello-Leitão, 1930 – Brazil
A. rufipes (Lucas, 1834) – Brazil
A. scalops (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
A. septemtrionalis Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. simoi Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay
A. szumikae Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. taragui Ríos-Tamayo & Goloboff, 2018 – Argentina
A. tarsalis Perty, 1833 – Brazil
A. tasneemae (Sherwood & Pett, 2022) – Paraguay
A. tatara Montenegro & Aguilera, 2023 – Chile
A. tetymapyta (Sherwood & Pett, 2022) – Paraguay
A. trinotatus Mello-Leitão, 1938 – Brazil
A. tutu Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. urucui Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. uruguayense Ríos-Tamayo, 2019 – Uruguay
A. utinga Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. valencianus (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
A. vilhena Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
A. wallacei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Brazil
A. xenus Chamberlin, 1917 – South America
A. xingu Miglio, Pérez-Miles & Bonaldo, 2020 – Brazil
Formerly included:
A. bonneti (Zapfe, 1961) (Transferred to Plesiolena)
A. gracilis (Hentz, 1842) (Transferred to Antrodiaetus)
See also
List of Actinopodidae species
References
Further reading
Miglio, L. T.; Pérez-Miles, F.; Bonaldo, A. B. (2020). "Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Actinopus Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae)". Megataxa. 2 (1): 1–256. doi:10.11646/megataxa.2.1.1. hdl:20.500.12008/31734. S2CID 236828677.
Ríos-Tamayo, D. (2019). "Four new species of Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) from Uruguay". Zootaxa. 4624 (4): 523–538. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4624.4.5. PMID 31716199. S2CID 198261874.
Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Goloboff, P. A. (2018). "Taxonomic revision and morphology of the trapdoor spider genus Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) in Argentina". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 419: 1–83. doi:10.1206/0003-0090-419.1.1. hdl:11336/86178. S2CID 89921597.
Ríos-Tamayo, D. (2016). "A new species of Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) from Bolivia". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. Nueva Serie. 18 (2): 185–189. doi:10.22179/revmacn.18.444.
Ríos-Tamayo, D. (2014). "A new species of the genus Actinopus (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae) from Argentina". Acta Arachnologica. 63 (2): 73–77. doi:10.2476/asjaa.63.73. hdl:11336/12963.