Cebrennus

Cebrennus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Cebrennus
Simon, 1874
Type species
Cebrenis wagae
Simon, 1874
Species

See text

Diversity[1]
17 species

Cebrennus is a genus of huntsman spiders mostly found in Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[1] The genus was first described by Eugéne Simon in 1880.[1]

The Moroccan flic-flac spider, C. rechenbergi, was first described in 2014. It uses a flic-flac motion to escape threats.

Species

According to The World Spider Catalog, Version 14.5:[1]

  • Cebrennus aethiopicus Simon, 1880 — Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia
  • Cebrennus atlas Jäger, 2014 — Morocco
  • Cebrennus castaneitarsis Simon, 1880 — Algeria to Israel
  • Cebrennus concolor (Denis, 1947) — Egypt
  • Cebrennus cultrifer Fage, 1921 — Algeria
  • Cebrennus flagellatus Jäger, 2014 — Afghanistan
  • Cebrennus intermedius Jäger, 2000 — Saudi Arabia
  • Cebrennus kochi (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) — Israel
  • Cebrennus laurae Jäger, 2014 — Canary Islands
  • Cebrennus logunovi Jäger, 2000 — Turkmenistan
  • Cebrennus mayri Jäger, 2000 — Oman
  • Cebrennus powelli Fage, 1921 — Morocco
  • Cebrennus rambodjavani Simon, 1880 — Iran[2]
  • Cebrennus rechenbergi Jäger, 2014 — Morocco
  • Cebrennus rungsi Jäger, 2000 — Morocco
  • Cebrennus tunetanus Simon, 1885 — Tunisia
  • Cebrennus villosus (Jézéquel & Junqua, 1966) — Algeria, Tunisia
  • Cebrennus waegi (Simon, 1874) — Algeria, Tunisia

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Platnick, Norman I. (2014). "Fam. Sparassidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 14.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  2. ↑ On the genus Cebrennus Simon, 1880 in Iran with description of a new species from Iranian Central Desert (Araneae: Sparassidae)


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