''Cithaeron'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) 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 (tarantulas and their cl ...
spiders in the family
Cithaeronidae
Cithaeronidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by Simon in 1893 Female ''Cithaeron'' are about long, males about .
They are pale yellowish, fast-moving spiders that actively hunt at night and rest during the day, buildi ...
, first described by
O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1872.
Species
it contains seven species:
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Cithaeron contentum''
Jocqué & Russell-Smith, 2011 – South Africa
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Cithaeron delimbatus''
Strand
Strand may refer to:
Topography
*The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Beach
** Shoreline
* Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places Africa
*Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
*Strand Street, ...
, 1906 – East Africa
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Cithaeron dippenaarae''
Bosmans & Van Keer, 2015 – Morocco
*''
Cithaeron indicus
Cithaeron or Kithairon (Κιθαιρών, -ῶνος) is a mountain and mountain range about sixteen kilometres (ten miles) long in Central Greece. The range is the physical boundary between Boeotia in the north and Attica in the south. It is mai ...
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Platnick & Gajbe, 1994 – India
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Cithaeron jocqueorum''
Platnick, 1991 – Ivory Coast
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Cithaeron praedonius''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 (
type
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* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
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* Ty ...
) – North Africa, Greece, Turkey, Middle East to India, Malaysia. Introduced to Brazil, Cuba, Australia, United States
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Cithaeron reimoseri''
Platnick, 1991 – Eritrea, Brazil (probably introduced)
References
Araneomorphae genera
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