Citharacanthus

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Citharacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Citharacanthus
Pocock, 1901
Species

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Citharacanthus is a genus of New world tarantulas in the Theraphosidae family. They are found in Central America and the Antilles.

Species

This genus includes the following species:[1][2]

  • Citharacanthus alayoni Rudloff, 1995
  • Citharacanthus cyaneus (Rudloff, 1994)
  • Citharacanthus livingstoni Schmidt & Weinmann, 1996
  • Citharacanthus longipes (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)
  • Citharacanthus meermani Reichling & West, 2000
  • Citharacanthus niger Franganillo, 1931
  • Citharacanthus sargi (Strand, 1907)
  • Citharacanthus spinicrus (Latreille, 1819)

References

  1. Platnick (2011) The World Spider Catalog, version 11.5
  2. Citharacanthus in Catalogue of life
  • Pocock, R.I. 1901 : Some new and old genera of South American Avicularidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, vol. 8, p. 540-555.

External links

Data related to Citharacanthus at Wikispecies

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