Cethegus (spider)
Cethegus is a genus of Australian curtain web spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.[3]
| Cethegus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Dipluridae |
| Genus: | Cethegus Thorell, 1881[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. lugubris Thorell, 1881 | |
| Species | |
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12, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of May 2019 it contains twelve species:[1]
- Cethegus barraba Raven, 1984 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Cethegus broomi (Hogg, 1901) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Cethegus colemani Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cethegus daemeli Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cethegus elegans Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cethegus fugax (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
- Cethegus hanni Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cethegus ischnotheloides Raven, 1985 – Australia (South Australia)
- Cethegus lugubris Thorell, 1881 (type) – Australia (Queensland)
- Cethegus multispinosus Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cethegus pallipes Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
- Cethegus robustus Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
References
- "Gen. Cethegus Thorell, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- Main, B. Y. (1960). "The genus Cethegus Thorell (Mygalomorphae: Macrothelinae)". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 43: 30.
- Thorell, T. (1881). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 17: 1–727.
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