Coryssocnemis Explained

Coryssocnemis is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.^[1]

Species

it contains fourteen species, found in Central America, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, and on Trinidad:^[2]

• Coryssocnemis aripo Huber, 2000 – Trinidad
• Coryssocnemis callaica Simon, 1893 (type) – Venezuela
• Coryssocnemis clara Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
• Coryssocnemis discolor Mello-Leitão, 1918 – Brazil
• Coryssocnemis faceta Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
• Coryssocnemis guatopo Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
• Coryssocnemis iviei Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
• Coryssocnemis lepidoptera Mello-Leitão, 1918 – Brazil
• Coryssocnemis monagas Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
• Coryssocnemis occulta Mello-Leitão, 1918 – Brazil
• Coryssocnemis simla Huber, 2000 – Trinidad
• Coryssocnemis tarsocurvipes (González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
• Coryssocnemis tigra Huber, 1998 – Honduras
• Coryssocnemis viridescens Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador to Costa Rica

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1892. Histoire naturelle das araignées. 257–488 . Paris . Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret . 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Coryssocnemis Simon, 1893. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.