Cethegus (spider) explained

Cethegus is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the curtain-web family Euagridae. It s endemic to Australia and was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.^[1]

Species

the genus contained twelve species from New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA) or Western Australia (WA):^[2]

• Cethegus barraba Raven, 1984 – NSW
• Cethegus broomi (Hogg, 1901) – NSW
• Cethegus colemani Raven, 1984 – QLD
• Cethegus daemeli Raven, 1984 – QLD
• Cethegus elegans Raven, 1984 – QLD
• Cethegus fugax (Simon, 1908) – SA, WA
• Cethegus hanni Raven, 1984 – QLD
• Cethegus ischnotheloides Raven, 1985 – SA
• Cethegus lugubris Thorell, 1881 (type) – QLD
• Cethegus multispinosus Raven, 1984 – QLD
• Cethegus pallipes Raven, 1984 – QLD
• Cethegus robustus Raven, 1984 – QLD

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1881. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova.. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 1–727. 17.
2. Gen. Cethegus Thorell, 1881. World Spider Catalog Version 21.0. 2020-07-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.