{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Aponetius |image=Zelotes.flexuosus.male.-.tanikawa.jpg |image_caption=Male ''A. flexuosus'' | authority = Kamura, 2020<ref name=WSC_g5801 /> | type_species = ''Zelotes gladius'' | type_species_authority = (Kamura, 1999) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 5, see text }}
'''''Aponetius''''' is a genus of east Asian ground spiders. It was first described by T. Kamura in 2020,<ref name=Kamu2020 /> and it has only been found in Japan.<ref name=WSC_g5801 /> The type species, ''Aponetius gladius'', was originally described under the name "''Zelotes gladius"''.<ref name=Kamu1999 />
==Species== {{as of|2021|12}} it contains five species:<ref name=WSC_g5801 /> *''A. flexuosus'' <small>(Kamura, 1999)</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Is.) *''A. gladius'' <small>(Kamura, 1999)</small> (type) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.) *''A. ogatai'' <small>Kamura, 2020</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Is.) *''A. ryukyuensis'' <small>(Kamura, 1999)</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Is.) *''A. watarii'' <small>Kamura, 2020</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
==See also== * ''Zelotes''
==References== {{Reflist| refs= <ref name=WSC_g5801>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Aponetius Kamura, 2020| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2021-12-01| year=2021| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5801| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>
<ref name=Kamu2020>{{cite journal| author-last=Kamura| author-first=T.| year=2020| journal=Acta Arachnologica| title=A new genus of the subfamily Zelotinae (Araneae: Gnaphosidae), with descriptions of two new species from Amami-Ōshima Island, southwest Japan| volume=69| issue=1| pages=1–9| doi=10.2476/asjaa.69.1| s2cid=225809649| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/15309| doi-access=free}}</ref>
<ref name=Kamu1999>{{cite journal| author-last=Kamura| author-first=T.| year=1999| journal=Acta Arachnologica| title=Spiders of the genus ''Zelotes'' (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Ryukyu Islands, southwest Japan| volume=48| issue=2| pages=79–91| doi=10.2476/asjaa.48.79| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/8766| doi-access=free}}</ref> }}
==Further reading== *{{cite journal| author-last=Kamura| author-first=T.| year=2003| journal=Acta Arachnologica| title=Taxonomic notes on some species of the genus ''Zelotes'' (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Korea and Japan| volume=52| pages=25–30| doi=10.2476/asjaa.52.25| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/9538| doi-access=free}}
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Category:Gnaphosidae genera Category:Endemic fauna of the Ryukyu Islands
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