Citharacanthus

Citharacanthus
Citharacanthus spp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Citharacanthus Pocock, 1901 [1]
Species
See text.

Citharacanthus is a genus of New World tarantulas. They are found in Central America and the Antilles. ^[1]

Species

As of August 2022 ^[update] , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 7 species: ^[1]

• Citharacanthus alayoni Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba
• Citharacanthus cyaneus (Rudloff, 1994) – Cuba
• Citharacanthus livingstoni Schmidt & Weinmann, 1996 – Guatemala
• Citharacanthus longipes (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (type species) – Mexico, Central America
• Citharacanthus meermani Reichling & West, 2000 – Belize
• Citharacanthus niger Franganillo, 1931 – Cuba
• Citharacanthus spinicrus (Latreille, 1819) – Cuba, Hispaniola

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  Citharacanthus spinicrus - specimen dorsal view
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  Citharacanthus spinicrus - specimen ventral view

References

1. "Gen. Citharacanthus Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-05-23.

• Pocock, R.I. (1901). "Some new and old genera of South American Avicularidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7. 8: 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359.

External links

Data related to Citharacanthus at Wikispecies