Biology:Cyphonisia

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Cyphonisia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Cyphonisia
Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
C. obesa
Simon, 1889
Species

13, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Pisenorina Benoit, 1966[2]
  • Pisenorodes Pocock, 1898[2]

Cyphonisia is a genus of African brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.[3]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains thirteen species:[1]

  • Cyphonisia affinitata Strand, 1907 – East Africa
  • Cyphonisia annulata Benoit, 1966 – Ghana
  • Cyphonisia itombwensis Benoit, 1966 – Congo
  • Cyphonisia kissi (Benoit, 1966) – Congo
  • Cyphonisia maculata (Roewer, 1953) – Congo
  • Cyphonisia maculipes Strand, 1906 – Cameroon
  • Cyphonisia manicata Simon, 1907 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
  • Cyphonisia nesiotes Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Cyphonisia nigella (Simon, 1889) – Congo
  • Cyphonisia obesa Simon, 1889 (type) – West, Central Africa
  • Cyphonisia rastellata Strand, 1907 – East Africa
  • Cyphonisia soleata Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
  • Cyphonisia straba Benoit, 1966 – Congo

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Cyphonisia Simon, 1889. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/443. Retrieved 2019-05-16. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182. 
  3. Simon, E. (1889). "Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae.". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 42: 405–415. 

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