Cethegus (spider)

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Cethegus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Euagridae
Genus: Cethegus
Thorell, 1881 [1]
Type species
C. lugubris
Thorell, 1881
Species

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Synonyms [1]

Cethegus is a genus of mygalomorph spiders in the curtain-web family Euagridae. It s endemic to Australia and was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881. [3]

Species

As of July 2020 the genus contained twelve species from New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA) or Western Australia (WA): [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Cethegus Thorell, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  2. Main, B. Y. (1960). "The genus Cethegus Thorell (Mygalomorphae: Macrothelinae)". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 43: 30.
  3. Thorell, T. (1881). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 17: 1–727.