Cispius (spider)
| Cispius | |
|---|---|
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| C. kimbius in Pretoria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Cispius Simon, 1898[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. variegatus Simon, 1898
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| Species | |
|
9, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Cispius is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[3]
Species
[edit]As of June 2019[update] it contains nine species, found only in Africa:[1]
- Cispius affinis Lessert, 1916 – East Africa
- Cispius bidentatus Lessert, 1936 – Central, East Africa
- Cispius kimbius Blandin, 1978 – South Africa
- Cispius maruanus (Roewer, 1955) – West, Central Africa
- Cispius problematicus Blandin, 1978 – Congo
- Cispius simoni Lessert, 1915 – East Africa
- Cispius strandi Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
- Cispius thorelli Blandin, 1978 – Congo
- Cispius variegatus Simon, 1898 (type) – Congo
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Cispius Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Blandin, P. (1978). "Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines IX. Mise au point sur les genres Cispius Simon, 1898 et Charminus Thorell, 1899 (Araneae - Pisauridae - Pisaurinae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 92: 44.
- ^ Simon, E. (1898). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux des familles des Agelenidae, Pisauridae, Lycosidae et Oxyopidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 42: 5–34.