# Aponetius

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Aponetius
|image=Zelotes.flexuosus.male.-.tanikawa.jpg
|image_caption=Male ''[A. flexuosus](/source/A._flexuosus)''
| authority = Kamura, 2020<ref name=WSC_g5801 />
| type_species = ''[Zelotes gladius](/source/Aponetius_gladius)''
| type_species_authority = (Kamura, 1999)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 5, see text
}}

'''''Aponetius''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of east Asian [ground spider](/source/ground_spider)s. It was first described by T. Kamura in 2020,<ref name=Kamu2020 /> and it has only been found in [Japan](/source/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](/source/Aponetius_flexuosus)'' <small>(Kamura, 1999)</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''[A. gladius](/source/Aponetius_gladius)'' <small>(Kamura, 1999)</small> ([type](/source/Type_species)) – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''[A. ogatai](/source/Aponetius_ogatai)'' <small>Kamura, 2020</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''[A. ryukyuensis](/source/Aponetius_ryukyuensis)'' <small>(Kamura, 1999)</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''[A. watarii](/source/Aponetius_watarii)'' <small>Kamura, 2020</small> – Japan (Ryukyu Is.)

==See also==
* ''[Zelotes](/source/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}}

{{Taxonbar| from=Q97118990}}

Category:Gnaphosidae genera
Category:Endemic fauna of the Ryukyu Islands

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