title: Acentroscelus
text: # Acentroscelus
  
  Acentroscelus is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1886. It is a senior synonym of Whittickius.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of June 2020 it contains eleven species, found in Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, and French Guiana:
  
  * Acentroscelus albipes Simon, 1886 (type) – Brazil
  * Acentroscelus gallinii Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Argentina
  * Acentroscelus granulosus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  * Acentroscelus guianensis (Taczanowski, 1872) – Peru, French Guiana
  * Acentroscelus muricatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
  * Acentroscelus nigrianus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  * Acentroscelus peruvianus (Keyserling, 1880) – Peru
  * Acentroscelus ramboi Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
  * Acentroscelus secundus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  * Acentroscelus singularis (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Guyana
  * Acentroscelus versicolor Soares, 1942 – Brazil
  