Acontius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
Species it contains twelve species: Acontius aculeatus (Simon, 1903) – Equatorial Guinea Acontius africanus (Simon, 1889) – West Africa, Congo Acontius australis (Simon, 1886) – Argentina Acontius hartmanni Karsch, 1879 (type) – Angola Acontius humiliceps (Simon, 1907) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) Acontius kiriba Zonstein, 2018 – Burundi Acontius lamottei (Dresco, 1972) – Ivory Coast Acontius lawrencei (Roewer, 1953) – Congo Acontius lesserti (Roewer, 1953) – Congo Acontius machadoi (Lessert, 1938) – Congo Acontius nimba Zonstein, 2018 – Guinea Acontius stercoricola (Denis, 1955) – Guinea
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