''Cicynethus'' is a genus of spiders in the family
Zodariidae
Ant spiders are members of the family Zodariidae. They are small to medium-sized eight-eyed spiders found in all tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, Arabia, and the Indian su ...
. It was first described in 1910 by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
.
, it contains 7 species.
Species
''Cicynethus'' comprises 7 species:
* ''
C. acanthopus''
Simon, 1910 (
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) — Namibia
* ''
C. acer''
Jocqué & Henrard, 2018 — Mozambique, South Africa
* ''
C. decoratus''
(Lawrence, 1952) — South Africa
* ''
C. floriumfontis''
Jocqué, 1991 — South Africa
* ''
C. mossambicus''
Jocqué & Henrard, 2018 — Mozambique
* ''
C. peringueyi''
(Simon, 1893) — South Africa
* ''
C. subtropicalis''
(Lawrence, 1952) — South Africa
References
Zodariidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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