Architis

Architis is a genus of nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.^[4]

Architis
A. spinipes with prey
Architis sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pisauridae
Genus:	Architis Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
A. tenuis Simon, 1898
Species
21, see text
Synonyms[1]
Mimicosa Petrunkevitch, 1925[2] Sisenna Simon, 1898[3] Staberius Simon, 1898[2]

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in South America, Panama, and on Trinidad.^[1]

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes 21 species:^[1]

• Architis altamira Santos, 2007 – Brazil
• Architis amazonica (Simon, 1898) – Brazil
• Architis brasiliensis (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil
• Architis capricorna Carico, 1981 – Brazil, Argentina
• Architis catuaba Santos, 2008 – Brazil, Peru
• Architis colombo Santos, 2007 – Brazil
• Architis comaina Santos, 2007 – Peru
• Architis cymatilis Carico, 1981 – Trinidad, Colombia to Brazil
• Architis dianasilvae Santos, 2007 – Peru
• Architis erwini Santos, 2007 – Ecuador
• Architis fritzmuelleri Santos, 2007 – Brazil
• Architis gracilis Santos, 2008 – Brazil
• Architis helveola (Simon, 1898) – Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil
• Architis ikuruwa Carico, 1981 – Guyana, Suriname, Peru, Bolivia
• Architis maturaca Santos, 2007 – Brazil
• Architis neblina Santos & Nogueira, 2008 – Brazil
• Architis robusta Carico, 1981 – Panama, Brazil
• Architis spinipes (Taczanowski, 1874) – Panama, Trinidad to Argentina
• Architis tenuipes (Simon, 1898) – Brazil
• Architis tenuis Simon, 1898 – Panama to Brazil (type species)
• Architis turvo Santos, 2007 – Brazil

See also

• List of Pisauridae species