Ariston (spider)

Ariston
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Ariston
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896[1]
Type species
A. albicans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Species

5, see text

Ariston is a genus of cribellate orb-weavers first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896.[2]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes five species:[1]

  • Ariston aglasices Salvatierra, Tourinho & Brescovit, 2014 – Mexico
  • Ariston albicans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico to Panama (type species)
  • Ariston aristus Opell, 1979 – Panama, Colombia
  • Ariston mazolus Opell, 1979 – Mexico
  • Ariston spartanus Salvatierra, Tourinho & Brescovit, 2014 – Brazil

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Ariston O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1896). Arachnida. Araneida.