Ceraarachne Explained

Ceraarachne is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1880.^[1]

Species

it contains four species, found in Colombia and Brazil:^[2]

• Ceraarachne blanci (Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Brazil
• Ceraarachne germaini Simon, 1886 – Brazil
• Ceraarachne goyannensis Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
• Ceraarachne varia Keyserling, 1880 (type) – Colombia

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

Further reading

• Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1929. Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 9–359. 31.
• Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1925. Pequenas notas arachnologicas. Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 455–463. 1.
• Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1917. Generos e especies novas de araneidos. Archivos da Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinaria, Rio de Janeiro. 3–19. 1.
• Book: Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. fr. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

Notes and References

1. Book: Keyserling, E.. 1880. Die Spinnen Amerikas, I. Laterigradae. 1–283. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. 10.5962/bhl.title.64832. Eugen_von_Keyserling.
2. Gen. Ceraarachne Keyserling, 1880. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-07-28. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.