Biology:Cyatholipus

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Cyatholipus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cyatholipidae
Genus: Cyatholipus
Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
C. hirsutissimus
Simon, 1894
Species

6, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Moero O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904[2][3]

Cyatholipus is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1894.[4] Originally placed with the ray spiders, it was moved to the Cyatholipidae in 1978.[5][6]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains six species, all found in South Africa :[1]

  • Cyatholipus avus Griswold, 1987 – South Africa
  • Cyatholipus hirsutissimus Simon, 1894 (type) – South Africa
  • Cyatholipus icubatus Griswold, 1987 – South Africa
  • Cyatholipus isolatus Griswold, 1987 – South Africa
  • Cyatholipus quadrimaculatus Simon, 1894 – South Africa
  • Cyatholipus tortilis Griswold, 1987 – South Africa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Cyatholipus Simon, 1894. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/659. Retrieved 2019-05-30. 
  2. Petrunkevitch, A. (1928). "Systema Aranearum". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 29: 233. 
  3. Griswold, C. E. (1987). "A review of the southern African spiders of the family Cyatholipidae Simon, 1894 (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Annals of the Natal Museum 28: 505. 
  4. Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 
  5. Davies, V. T. (1978). "A new family of spiders (Araneae: Teemenaaridae)". Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 42: 301. 
  6. Wunderlich, J. (1978). "Zur Kenntnis der Cyatholipinae Simon 1894 (Arachnida: Araneida: ?Tetragnathidae)". Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.) 24: 33. 

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