Cicynethus

Cicynethus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus:
Simon[1]
Type species
Cicynethus acanthopus
Species

7, see text

Cicynethus is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 1910 by Eugène Simon.[2] As of 2024, it contains 7 species.[1]

Species

Cicynethus comprises 7 species:

  • C. acanthopus Simon, 1910 (type) — Namibia
  • C. acer Jocqué & Henrard, 2018 — Mozambique, South Africa
  • C. decoratus (Lawrence, 1952) — South Africa
  • C. floriumfontis Jocqué, 1991 — South Africa
  • C. mossambicus Jocqué & Henrard, 2018 — Mozambique
  • C. peringueyi (Simon, 1893) — South Africa
  • C. subtropicalis (Lawrence, 1952) — South Africa

References

  1. ^ a b "Zodariidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  2. ^ Simon, Eugène (1910). Schulze, L (ed.). Arachnoidea: Araneae (II.) in Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. Vol. 16. Jena: Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. pp. 175–218.