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Cithaeronidae

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Cithaeronidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Simon in 1893 Female Cithaeron are about long, males about .

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyCithaeronidae
Observations recorded332

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gnaphosoidea
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Cithaeron praedonius 67528493.jpg
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Commons category
Cithaeronidae
taxon name
Cithaeronidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Cithaeronidae
taxonomic type
Cithaeron
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Cithaeronidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Simon in 1893 Female Cithaeron are about long, males about .

They are pale yellowish, fast-moving spiders that actively hunt at night and rest during the day, building silken retreats below rocks. They prefer very hot, dry stony places.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cithaeronidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.