Cyrioctea
Sign in to saveCyrioctea is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae, first described in 1889 by Eugène Simon. It contains fourteen species, found in Africa, South America, and Australia.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 41
- Family
- Zodariidae
- Collections
- QM, SAM, WAM, AM, SAMA
- Recorded in
- Australia, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Zodariidae
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- taxon name
- Cyrioctea
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Simon, 1889
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- Distribution
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Cyrioctea is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae, first described in 1889 by Eugène Simon. It contains fourteen species, found in Africa, South America, and Australia.
==Distribution== The genus has a Gondwanan distribution, with species found in South America, Africa and Australia, indicating the genus emerged before Gondwana split up.
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