Cyrtauchenius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1985.
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Cyrtauchenius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1985.
==Species== it contains fourteen species, almost all from Algeria: Cyrtauchenius artifex (Simon, 1889) – Algeria Cyrtauchenius bedeli Simon, 1881 – Algeria Cyrtauchenius bicolor (Simon, 1889) – Algeria Cyrtauchenius castaneiceps (Simon, 1889) – Algeria Cyrtauchenius dayensis Simon, 1881 – Algeria Cyrtauchenius inops (Simon, 1889) – Algeria Cyrtauchenius latastei Simon, 1881 – Algeria Cyrtauchenius longipalpus (Denis, 1945) – Algeria Cyrtauchenius luridus Simon, 1881 – Algeria Cyrtauchenius maculatus (Simon, 1889) – Algeria Cyrtauchenius structor (Simon, 1889) – Algeria Cyrtauchenius talpa Simon, 1891 – USA Cyrtauchenius terricola (Lucas, 1846) (type) – Algeria Cyrtauchenius vittatus Simon, 1881 – Algeria
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