Cithaeronidae

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Cithaeronidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Gnaphosoidea
Family: Cithaeronidae
Simon, 1893
Diversity
2 genera, 6 species

Genera

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The Cithaeronidae are a small spider family with only five species in two genera.

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[edit] Distribution

While Inthaeron occurs only in India, members of the genus Cithaeron can be found in Africa, India, parts of Eurasia and Australia.

[edit] Species

Cithaeron O. P-Cambridge, 1872

  • Cithaeron delimbatus Strand, 1906 (East Africa)
  • Cithaeron indicus Platnick & Gajbe, 1994 (India)
  • Cithaeron jocqueorum Platnick, 1991 (Ivory Coast)
  • Cithaeron praedonius O. P.-Cambridge, 1872 (Greece, Libya to Malaysia, Australia)
  • Cithaeron reimoseri Platnick, 1991 (Ethiopia)

Inthaeron Platnick, 1991

  • Inthaeron rossi Platnick, 1991 (India)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Platnick, N.I. (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the AMNH 271 PDF (26Mb) Abstract



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