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Actinopus
Sign in to saveActinopus is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. As such, they live in soil-covered burrows with a hinged top. The males wander about in search for females, which stay in their burrow for most of their life.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyActinopodidae
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Actinopus is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. As such, they live in soil-covered burrows with a hinged top. The males wander about in search for females, which stay in their burrow for most of their life.
==Taxonomy== The genus was first described by Josef Anton Maximilian Perty in 1833 from the type species Actinopus tarsalis found in Brazil. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís), meaning "ray, beam", and πούς (poús), meaning "foot", and thus, "ray foot". It is a senior synonym of Aussereria, Closterochilus, Pachyloscelis, and Theragretes.