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Cesonia

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Cesonia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyGnaphosidae
Observations recorded1,606

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
31
With media
12
Family
Gnaphosidae
Collections
MNA, DMNS, UNM, SDNHM, FMNH, LACM
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gnaphosidae
Image
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taxon name
Cesonia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Cesonia
Commons category
Cesonia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • References

Cesonia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.

==Species== it contains thirty-one species: Cesonia aspida Chatzaki, 2002 – Greece (Crete), Turkey Cesonia bilineata (Hentz, 1847) (type) – North America Cesonia bixleri Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – USA Cesonia boca Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Panama Cesonia bryantae Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Jamaica Cesonia cana Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Jamaica Cesonia cerralvo Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico Cesonia chickeringi Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Jamaica Cesonia cincta (Banks, 1909) – Cuba Cesonia classica Chamberlin, 1924 – California, Nevada, Arizona, Mexico Cesonia coala Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico Cesonia cuernavaca Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico Cesonia desecheo Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Puerto Rico, Virgin Is. Cesonia ditta Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Dominican Rep. Cesonia elegans (Simon, 1892) – St. Vincent, Dominica Cesonia gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Southern Arizona, Mexico Cesonia grisea (Banks, 1914) – Cuba Cesonia irvingi (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Southern tip of Florida, Bahamas, Cuba Cesonia iviei Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico Cesonia josephus (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940) – USA Cesonia lacertosa Chickering, 1949 – Panama Cesonia leechi Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico Cesonia lugubris (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico, Honduras Cesonia maculata Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – St. Kitts and Nevis Cesonia nadleri Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Hispaniola Cesonia notata Chickering, 1949 – Mexico, Panama Cesonia pudica Chickering, 1949 – Panama Cesonia rothi Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Southern California Cesonia sincera Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 – USA, Mexico Cesonia trivittata Banks, 1898 – Southern California, Mexico Cesonia ubicki Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Southern Arizona, Mexico

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