Biology:Cispius (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Cispius
Cispius kimbius, Pretoria, a.jpg
C. kimbius in Pretoria
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Cispius
Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
C. variegatus
Simon, 1898
Species

9, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cispiomma Roewer, 1955[2]

Cispius is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[3]

Species

(As of June 2019) it contains nine species, found only in Africa:[1]

  • Cispius affinis Lessert, 1916 – East Africa
  • Cispius bidentatus Lessert, 1936 – Central, East Africa
  • Cispius kimbius Blandin, 1978 – South Africa
  • Cispius maruanus (Roewer, 1955) – West, Central Africa
  • Cispius problematicus Blandin, 1978 – Congo
  • Cispius simoni Lessert, 1915 – East Africa
  • Cispius strandi Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
  • Cispius thorelli Blandin, 1978 – Congo
  • Cispius variegatus Simon, 1898 (type) – Congo

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Cispius Simon, 1898". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2396. 
  2. Blandin, P. (1978). "Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines IX. Mise au point sur les genres Cispius Simon, 1898 et Charminus Thorell, 1899 (Araneae - Pisauridae - Pisaurinae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine 92: 44. 
  3. Simon, E. (1898). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux des familles des Agelenidae, Pisauridae, Lycosidae et Oxyopidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 42: 5–34. 

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