| Aphantochilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. rogersi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
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Aphantochilus is a genus of ant-mimicking crab spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871.[3] As of June 2020[update] 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.[1][2]
A. rogersi is polymorphic.
- ^ a b c d "Gen. Aphantochilus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ 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.