Ariston (spider)

Ariston
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus:
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896[1]
Type species
A. albicans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Species

5, see text

Ariston is a genus of cribellate orb-weavers first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896.[2]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains five species:[1]

  • Ariston aglasices Salvatierra, Tourinho & Brescovit, 2014 — Mexico
  • Ariston albicans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 — Mexico to Panama
  • Ariston aristus Opell, 1979 — Panama
  • Ariston mazolus Opell, 1979 — Mexico
  • Ariston spartanus Salvatierra, Tourinho & Brescovit, 2014 — Brazil

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Ariston O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1896). Arachnida. Araneida.

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