Phaeocedus Explained

Phaeocedus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.^[1]

Species

it contains five species and one subspecies:^[2]

• Phaeocedus braccatus (L. Koch, 1866) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Japan
  • Phaeocedus b. jugorum Simon, 1914 – France
• Phaeocedus fedotovi Charitonov, 1946 – Uzbekistan
• Phaeocedus hebraeus Levy, 1999 – Greece, Cyprus, Israel
• Phaeocedus mikha Levy, 2009 – Israel, Portugal
• Phaeocedus vankeeri Chatzaki, 2019 – France (incl. Corsica), Greece (Rhodes, Symi)

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1893. Histoire naturelle das araignées. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
2. 2021. Gen. Phaeocedus Simon, 1893. World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. 24 November 2021.