Ancylometes

Ancylometes
Ancylometes bogotensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Ancylometes
Bertkau, 1880[1]
Type species
A. concolor
(Perty, 1833)
Species

11, see text

Synonyms[1]

Ancylometes is a genus of Central and South American semiaquatic wandering spiders first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1880.[3] Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was moved to the Ctenidae in 1967.[4] The genus name is derived in part from Ancient Greek "ἀγκύλος" (ancylo-), meaning "crooked, bent".

These spiders live near ponds, lakes, rivers and other freshwater habitats, and can walk on water like water striders due to fine air-trapping hairs on the tips of their legs. They can also dive under the surface, and can stay underwater for over an hour by using the air trapped in hairs surrounding their book lungs. They will consume anything from insects to small lizards and, occasionally, small fish.[5][6]

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  2. ^ Schiapelli, R. D.; Gerschman de P., B. S. (1970). "Consideraciones sobre el género Ancylometes Bertkau 1880 (Araneae: Pisauridae)". Acta Zoologica Lilloana. 27: 165.
  3. ^ Bertkau, P. (1880). "Verzeichniss der von Prof. Ed. van Beneden auf seiner im Auftrage der Belgischen Regierung unternommen wissenschaftlichen Reise nach Brasilien und La Plata im Jahren 1872-73 gensammelten Arachniden". Mémoires Couronnés et Mémoires des Savants Étrangers de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 43: 1–120.
  4. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 214.
  5. ^ "Ancyclometes". intute. Archived from the original on 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference MNHK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).