Cithaeron (spider)

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Cithaeron
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cithaeronidae
Genus: Cithaeron
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872[1]
Type species
C. praedonius
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872
Species

7, see text

Cithaeron is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cithaeronidae, first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1872.[2]

Species[]

As of April 2019 it contains seven species:[1]

  • Jocqué & Russell-Smith, 2011 – South Africa
  • Strand, 1906 – East Africa
  • Bosmans & Van Keer, 2015 – Morocco
  • Platnick & Gajbe, 1994 – India
  • Platnick, 1991 – Ivory Coast
  • Cithaeron praedonius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 (type) – North Africa, Greece, Turkey, Middle East to India, Malaysia. Introduced to Brazil, Cuba, Australia, United States[3]
  • Platnick, 1991 – Eritrea, Brazil (probably introduced)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Cithaeron O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1872). "General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 40 (1): 212–354.
  3. ^ "Genus Cithaeron". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-18.


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