''Celaetycheus'' is a
genus
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of
South America
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n
wandering spiders first described 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, ...
in 1897.
Species
it contains ten species, all found in
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
:
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Celaetycheus abara''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus aberem''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus acaraje''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus beiju''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus bobo''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus caruru''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus flavostriatus''
Simon, 1897 (
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) – Brazil
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Celaetycheus moqueca''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus mungunza''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus vatapa''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
References
Ctenidae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of Brazil
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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