Apochinomma is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Pietro Pavesi in 1881.
Distribution Spiders in this genus are found in Africa, Asia and Brazil.
Name The genus name is grammatically neutral, as it is coined after Corinnomma, which itself is a combination of Corinna and Ancient Greek ὄμμα (omma, "eye"), which is neutral in Greek.
Species
it contains eleven species: Apochinomma armatum Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil Apochinomma constrictum Simon, 1896 – Brazil Apochinomma deceptum Haddad, 2013 – Mozambique, South Africa Apochinomma dolosum Simon, 1897 – India Apochinomma elongatum Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana Apochinomma formicaeforme Pavesi, 1881 (type) – West, Central, East, Southern Africa Apochinomma malkini Haddad, 2013 – Nigeria Apochinomma medog Zhang & Zhang, 2023 – China Apochinomma nitidum (Thorell, 1895) – India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi) Apochinomma parvum Haddad, 2013 – Guinea Apochinomma pyriforme (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
Several species were transferred to other genera, such as Mazax, Myrmecotypus and Castianeira.
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