Cispius (spider) explained

Cispius is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.^[1]

Species

it contains nine species, found only in Africa:^[2]

• Cispius affinis Lessert, 1916 – East Africa
• Cispius bidentatus Lessert, 1936 – Central, East Africa
• Cispius kimbius Blandin, 1978 – South Africa
• Cispius maruanus (Roewer, 1955) – West, Central Africa
• Cispius problematicus Blandin, 1978 – Congo
• Cispius simoni Lessert, 1915 – East Africa
• Cispius strandi Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
• Cispius thorelli Blandin, 1978 – Congo
• Cispius variegatus Simon, 1898 (type) – Congo

See also

• List of Pisauridae species

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1898. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux des familles des Agelenidae, Pisauridae, Lycosidae et Oxyopidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 5–34. 42. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Cispius Simon, 1898. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.