Cyrtauchenius

Cyrtauchenius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[2] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1985.[3]

Cyrtauchenius
Turret and trap door of C. latastei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Cyrtaucheniidae
Genus: Cyrtauchenius
Thorell, 1869[1]
Type species
C. terricola
(Lucas, 1846)
Species

14, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains fourteen species, almost all from Algeria:[1]

  • Cyrtauchenius artifex (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius bedeli Simon, 1881 – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius bicolor (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius castaneiceps (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius dayensis Simon, 1881 – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius inops (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius latastei Simon, 1881 – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius longipalpus (Denis, 1945) – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius luridus Simon, 1881 – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius maculatus (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius structor (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius talpa Simon, 1891 – USA
  • Cyrtauchenius terricola (Lucas, 1846) (type) – Algeria
  • Cyrtauchenius vittatus Simon, 1881 – Algeria

References
  1. "Gen. Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 1–108.
  3. Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 128.


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