Cyrtauchenius Explained

Cyrtauchenius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.^[1] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1985.^[2]

Species

it contains fourteen species, almost all from Algeria:^[3]

• Cyrtauchenius artifex (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius bedeli Simon, 1881 – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius bicolor (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius castaneiceps (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius dayensis Simon, 1881 – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius inops (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius latastei Simon, 1881 – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius longipalpus (Denis, 1945) – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius luridus Simon, 1881 – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius maculatus (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius structor (Simon, 1889) – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius talpa Simon, 1891 – USA
• Cyrtauchenius terricola (Lucas, 1846) (type) – Algeria
• Cyrtauchenius vittatus Simon, 1881 – Algeria

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1869. On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature.. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 1–108. 7. 3.
2. Raven. R. J.. 1985. The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182. 128.
3. Gen. Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-31. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.