Biology:Citharacanthus

Citharacanthus is a genus of New World tarantulas. They are found in Central America and the Antilles.

Species

As of August 2022, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 7 species:

• Citharacanthus alayoni Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba
• Citharacanthus cyaneus (Rudloff, 1994) – Cuba
• Citharacanthus livingstoni Schmidt & Weinmann, 1996 – Guatemala
• Citharacanthus longipes (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (type species) – Mexico, Central America
• Citharacanthus meermani Reichling & West, 2000 – Belize
• Citharacanthus niger Franganillo, 1931 – Cuba
• Citharacanthus spinicrus (Latreille, 1819) – Cuba, Hispaniola

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  Citharacanthus spinicrus - specimen dorsal view
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  Citharacanthus spinicrus - specimen ventral view

References

• Pocock, R.I. (1901). "Some new and old genera of South American Avicularidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 8: 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359. https://zenodo.org/record/1430516. 

External links

Data related to Citharacanthus at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q2190552 entry