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of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''. The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to escape threats, was first described in 2014.

Species

it contains nineteen species, found in Africa, Asia, on

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Cebrennus aethiopicus ''Cebrennus'' is a genus of Sparassidae, huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''. The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses ...

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Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

*'' Cebrennus atlas'' Jäger, 2014 –

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

*'' Cebrennus castaneitarsis'' Simon, 1880 – Algeria to Israel *'' Cebrennus concolor'' (Denis, 1947) – Egypt *'' Cebrennus cultrifer'' Fage, 1921 –

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

*'' Cebrennus flagellatus'' Jäger, 2014 –

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*'' Cebrennus intermedius'' Jäger, 2000 – Saudi Arabia *'' Cebrennus kochi'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) –

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Cebrennus laurae ''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''. The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to esc ...

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Cebrennus logunovi ''Cebrennus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Cerbalopsis''. The Moroccan flic-flac spider (''C. rechenbergi''), that uses a flic-flac motion to esc ...

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*'' Cebrennus mayri'' Jäger, 2000 –

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*'' Cebrennus powelli'' Fage, 1921 – Morocco *'' Cebrennus rambodjavani'' Moradmand, Zamani & Jäger, 2016 –

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Cebrennus rechenbergi ''Cebrennus rechenbergi'', also known as the Moroccan flic-flac spider and cartwheeling spider, is a species of huntsman spider indigenous to the sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert in Morocco. If provoked or threatened it can escape by doubling ...

'' Jäger, 2014 – Morocco *'' Cebrennus rungsi'' Jäger, 2000 – Morocco *'' Cebrennus sumer'' Al-Khazali & Jäger, 2019 –

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*'' Cebrennus tunetanus'' Simon, 1885 –

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

*'' Cebrennus villosus'' (Jézéquel & Junqua, 1966) – Algeria, Tunisia *'' Cebrennus wagae'' (Simon, 1874) (

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Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

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Sparassidae genera Sparassidae Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Sparassidae-stub

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