Ameridion is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1995. Species of this genus are found in Mexico, Central America, Northern South America and the West Indies.
Species it contains twenty-seven species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Guatemala, and Mexico: Ameridion armouri (Levi, 1959) – Panama, Trinidad Ameridion aspersum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Guatemala Ameridion atlixco (Levi, 1959) – Mexico Ameridion bridgesi (Levi, 1959) – Mexico Ameridion chilapa (Levi, 1959) – Mexico Ameridion clemens (Levi, 1959) – Jamaica Ameridion cobanum (Levi, 1959) – Guatemala Ameridion colima (Levi, 1959) – Mexico, Ecuador Ameridion lathropi (Levi, 1959) – Panama Ameridion malkini (Levi, 1959) – Mexico Ameridion marvum (Levi, 1959) – Panama, Venezuela Ameridion moctezuma (Levi, 1959) – Mexico Ameridion musawas (Levi, 1959) – Nicaragua Ameridion paidiscum (Levi, 1959) – Panama Ameridion panum (Levi, 1959) – Panama Ameridion petrum (Levi, 1959) (type) – Panama, Trinidad, Peru Ameridion plantatum (Levi, 1959) – Panama Ameridion progum (Levi, 1959) – Panama Ameridion quantum (Levi, 1959) – Costa Rica, Panama Ameridion reservum (Levi, 1959) – Panama Ameridion rinconense (Levi, 1959) – Mexico Ameridion ruinum (Levi, 1959) – Mexico Ameridion schmidti (Levi, 1959) – Costa Rica Ameridion signaculum (Levi, 1959) – Panama, Brazil Ameridion signum (Levi, 1959) – Panama Ameridion tempum (Levi, 1959) – Panama, Brazil Ameridion unanimum (Keyserling, 1891) – Mexico to Brazil
In synonymy: A. quemadum = Ameridion unanimum (Keyserling, 1891)
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