Biology:Cynathea

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Cynathea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Cynathea
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
C. obliterata
Simon, 1895
Species
  • Simon, 1895 – Gabon Simon, 1895West Africa
  • C. mechowi C. bicolor
  • (Karsch, 1881) – Angola C. obliterata

Cynathea is a genus of African crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.[2] (As of July 2020) it contains three species: C. bicolor, C. mechowi, and C. obliterata.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Cynathea Simon, 1895". Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3609. Retrieved 2020-08-03. 
  2. Simon, E. (1895). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Thomisidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39: 432–443. 

Further reading

  • Jézéquel, J.-F. (1964). "Araignées de la savane de Singrobo (Côte d'Ivoire). III.-Thomisidae". Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire 26: 1103–1143. 
  • Karsch, F. (1881). "Eine neue Thomiside vom Quango". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25: 288. 

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