''Cyatholipus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") 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 (taran ...

spiders in the family

Cyatholipidae Cyatholipidae is a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1894. Most live in moist montane forest, though several species, including '' Scharffia rossi'', live in dry savannah regions. They occur in Africa, including Madagascar, Ne ...

, and was 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 1894. Originally placed with the

ray spider Theridiosomatidae, commonly known as ray spiders, are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1881. The family includes 137 species divided between 20 genera. They are most recognizable for their construction of cone-sha ...

s, it was moved to the Cyatholipidae in 1978.

Species

it contains six species, all found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

: *'' Cyatholipus avus'' Griswold, 1987 – South Africa *'' Cyatholipus hirsutissimus'' Simon, 1894 (

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) – South Africa *'' Cyatholipus icubatus'' Griswold, 1987 – South Africa *'' Cyatholipus isolatus'' Griswold, 1987 – South Africa *''

Cyatholipus quadrimaculatus ''Cyatholipus'' is a genus of African Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the ray spiders, it was moved to the Cyatholipidae in 1978. Species i ...

'' Simon, 1894 – South Africa *'' Cyatholipus tortilis'' Griswold, 1987 – South Africa

References

Endemic spiders of South Africa Araneomorphae genera Cyatholipidae Spiders of South Africa Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Araneomorphae-stub