Biology:Cercidia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Cercidia
Cercidia prominens1.jpg
Cercidia prominens
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Cercidia
Thorell, 1869[1]
Type species
C. prominens
(Westring, 1851)
Species
  • Simon, 1889 – India Marusik, 1985 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
  • C. prominens C. levii
  • (Westring, 1851) – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan C. punctigera

Cercidia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[2] (As of April 2019) it contains only three species.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Cercidia Thorell, 1869". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/292. Retrieved 2019-05-13. 
  2. Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature.". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 7 (3): 1–108. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1172436 entry