Aphantochilus

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Genus of spiders

title: "Aphantochilus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["thomisidae-genera", "spiders-of-south-america", "taxa-named-by-octavius-pickard-cambridge"] description: "Genus of spiders" topic_path: "general/thomisidae-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantochilus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of spiders ::

| taxon = Aphantochilus |image=Aphantochilus rogersi 93056145.jpg | authority = O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 | type_species = A. rogersi | type_species_authority = O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{Specieslist | A. cambridgei|Canals, 1933 – Argentina | A. inermipes|Simon, 1929 – Brazil | A. rogersi|O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 – Panama to Paraguay}} | synonyms =

Cryptoceroides Piza, 1937 | synonyms_ref = Aphantochilus is a genus of ant-mimicking crab spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. it contains three species, found in Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Panama: A. cambridgei, A. inermipes, and A. rogersi. It is a senior synonym of Cryptoceroides.

A. rogersi is polymorphic.

References

(1964). "Observaciones sobre el género Cryptoceroides Toledo-Piza, 1937 (Araneae-Aphantochilidae)". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales.
Pickard-Cambridge, O.. (1871). "On some new genera and species of Araneida". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
"Gen. ''Aphantochilus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871". Natural History Museum Bern.

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