| Cyrtauchenius | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Turret and trap door of C. latastei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Cyrtaucheniidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. terricola (Lucas, 1846) | |
| Species | |
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14, see text | |
Cyrtauchenius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[2] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1985.[3]
Species
As of May 2019 it contains fourteen species, almost all from Algeria:[1]
- 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
References
- 1 2 "Gen. Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ↑ Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 1–108.
- ↑ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 128.
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