Cyrtauchenius
Sign in to saveCyrtauchenius 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
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyCyrtaucheniidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Cyrtaucheniidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyrtaucheniidae
- Image
- PSM V38 D203 Turret with trap door of dolichoscaptus latastei.jpg
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- Cyrtauchenius
- taxon name
- Cyrtauchenius
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Cyrtauchenius
- endemic to
- Algeria
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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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