Cerbalus

Cerbalus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Marmarica.[2]

Cerbalus
Cerbalus aravaensis in the Sands of Samar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Cerbalus
Simon, 1897[1]
Type species
C. pulcherrimus
(Simon, 1880)
Species

8, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Marmarica Caporiacco, 1928[2]

Species

As of September 2019 it contains eight species, found in Africa, Israel, Jordan, and on the Canary Islands:[1]

  • Cerbalus alegranzaensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  • Cerbalus aravaensis Levy, 2007Israel, Jordan
  • Cerbalus ergensis Jäger, 2000Tunisia
  • Cerbalus negebensis Levy, 1989 – Israel
  • Cerbalus pellitus Kritscher, 1960Egypt
  • Cerbalus psammodes Levy, 1989 – Egypt, Israel
  • Cerbalus pulcherrimus (Simon, 1880) (type) – North Africa
  • Cerbalus verneaui (Simon, 1889) – Canary Is.
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See also

References

  1. "Gen. Cerbalus Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. Levy, G. (1989). "The family of huntsman spiders in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Journal of Zoology, London. 217: 141.
  3. Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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