Cerbalus
| Cerbalus | |
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| Cerbalus aravaensis in the Sands of Samar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Cerbalus Simon, 1897[1] |
| Type species | |
(Simon, 1880)
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| Species | |
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8, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cerbalus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Marmarica.[2]
Species[]
As of September 2019 it contains eight species, found in Africa, Israel, Jordan, and on the Canary Islands:[1]
- Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- Cerbalus aravaensis Levy, 2007 – Israel, Jordan
- Jäger, 2000 – Tunisia
- Levy, 1989 – Israel
- Kritscher, 1960 – Egypt
- Levy, 1989 – Egypt, Israel
- (Simon, 1880) (type) – North Africa
- (Simon, 1889) – Canary Is.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gen. Cerbalus Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Levy, G. (1989). "The family of huntsman spiders in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Journal of Zoology, London. 217: 141.
- ^ Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
Categories:
- Araneomorphae genera
- Sparassidae
- Spiders of Africa
- Spiders of Asia
- Sparassidae stubs