Avelis

Avelis is a monotypic genus of African crab spiders containing the single species, Avelis hystriculus. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895,[2] and all identified species were found in the Cape Province of South Africa.[3][1]

Avelis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Avelis
Simon, 1895[1]
Species:
A. hystriculus
Binomial name
Avelis hystriculus
Simon, 1895

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Avelis Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  3. Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. (1986). "The crab-spiders of southern Africa (Araneae: Thomisidae). 6. The genus Avelis Simon, 1895". Phytophylactica. 18: 131–132.


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