Cithaeronidae
Sign in to saveCithaeronidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Simon in 1893 Female Cithaeron are about long, males about .
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyCithaeronidae
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- Gnaphosoidea
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- 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.