Chasmocephalon Explained

Chasmocephalon is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1889.^[1]

Species

it contains eight species:^[2]

• Chasmocephalon acheron Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Victoria)
• Chasmocephalon alfred Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Victoria)
• Chasmocephalon eungella Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Queensland)
• Chasmocephalon flinders Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Chasmocephalon iluka Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Eastern Australia
• Chasmocephalon neglectum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Chasmocephalon pemberton Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Chasmocephalon tingle Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Western Australia)

Notes and References

1. Pickard-Cambridge. O.. 1889. On some new species and a new genus of Araneida.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 34–46. 57. 1. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1889.tb06745.x.
2. Web site: Gen. Chasmocephalon O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-08. Natural History Museum Bern.