Biology:Citharacanthus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Citharacanthus
Citharacanthus spp.jpg
Citharacanthus spp.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Citharacanthus
Pocock, 1901[1]
Species

See text.

Citharacanthus is a genus of New World tarantulas. They are found in Central America and the Antilles.[1]

Species

(As of August 2022), the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 7 species:[1]

  • 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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Citharacanthus Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3338. Retrieved 2016-05-23. 
  • Pocock, R.I. (1901). "Some new and old genera of South American Avicularidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 8: 540–555. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2190552 entry