''Cesonia'' is a

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of ground spiders that was first described by

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in 1893.

Species

it contains thirty-one species: *'' Cesonia aspida'' Chatzaki, 2002 – Greece (Crete), Turkey *'' Cesonia bilineata'' (Hentz, 1847) (

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) – North America *'' Cesonia bixleri'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – USA *'' Cesonia boca'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Panama *'' Cesonia bryantae'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Jamaica *'' Cesonia cana'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Jamaica *'' Cesonia cerralvo'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico *'' Cesonia chickeringi'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Jamaica *'' Cesonia cincta'' (

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, 1909) – Cuba *'' Cesonia classica''

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, 1924 – California, Nevada, Arizona, Mexico *'' Cesonia coala'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico *'' Cesonia cuernavaca'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico *'' Cesonia desecheo'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Puerto Rico, Virgin Is. *'' Cesonia ditta'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Dominican Rep. *'' Cesonia elegans'' (Simon, 1892) – St. Vincent, Dominica *'' Cesonia gertschi'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Southern Arizona, Mexico *'' Cesonia grisea'' (Banks, 1914) – Cuba *'' Cesonia irvingi'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Southern tip of Florida, Bahamas, Cuba *'' Cesonia iviei'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico *'' Cesonia josephus'' (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940) – USA *'' Cesonia lacertosa'' Chickering, 1949 – Panama *'' Cesonia leechi'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Mexico *'' Cesonia lugubris'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico, Honduras *''

Cesonia maculata ''Cesonia'' is a genus of Gnaphosidae, ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893. Species it contains thirty-one species: *''Cesonia aspida'' Chatzaki, 2002 – Greece (Crete), Turkey *''Cesonia bilineata'' (Hentz, 1847) ...

'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – St. Kitts and Nevis *'' Cesonia nadleri'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Hispaniola *'' Cesonia notata'' Chickering, 1949 – Mexico, Panama *'' Cesonia pudica'' Chickering, 1949 – Panama *'' Cesonia rothi'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Southern California *'' Cesonia sincera'' Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 – USA, Mexico *'' Cesonia trivittata'' Banks, 1898 – Southern California, Mexico *'' Cesonia ubicki'' Platnick & Shadab, 1980 – Southern Arizona, Mexico

References

Gnaphosidae genera Gnaphosidae Spiders of North America Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Gnaphosidae-stub