''Chasmocephalon'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of Australian
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Anapidae
Anapidae is a family of rather small spiders with 233 described extant species in 59 genera. It includes the former family Micropholcommatidae as the subfamily Micropholcommatinae, and the former family Holarchaeidae. Most species are less than ...
, first described by
O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1889.
Species
it contains eight species:
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Chasmocephalon acheron''
Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Victoria)
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Chasmocephalon alfred''
Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Victoria)
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Chasmocephalon eungella''
Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Queensland)
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Chasmocephalon flinders''
Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Chasmocephalon iluka''
Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Eastern Australia
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Chasmocephalon neglectum''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Chasmocephalon pemberton''
Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Chasmocephalon tingle''
Platnick & Forster, 1989 – Australia (Western Australia)
References
Anapidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
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