Cydrela

Cydrela
Male C. schoemanae
Male C. schoemanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Cydrela Thorell, 1873 [1]
Type species
Cydrela unguiculata
Species
15, see text

Cydrela is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 1873 by Tamerlan Thorell. ^[2]

Most of its species are found in Africa, with four described species from Thailand to China. ^[1] C. insularis is endemic to Socotra. ^[1]

Species

As of September 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes fifteen species: ^[1]

• Cydrela albopilosa Simon & Fage, 1922 – Kenya
• Cydrela decidua Dankittipakul & Jocqué, 2006 – Thailand
• Cydrela friedlanderae Hewitt, 1914 – South Africa
• Cydrela insularis (Pocock, 1899) – Yemen (Socotra)
• Cydrela kenti Lessert, 1933 – Angola
• Cydrela likui Lin & Li, 2023 – Vietnam
• Cydrela linzhiensis (Hu, 2001) – China
• Cydrela nasuta Lessert, 1936 – Mozambique
• Cydrela otavensis Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia
• Cydrela pristina Dankittipakul & Jocqué, 2006 – Thailand
• Cydrela schoemanae Jocqué, 1991 – South Africa
• Cydrela spinifrons Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
• Cydrela spinimana Pocock, 1898 – South Africa
• Cydrela stigmatica (Simon, 1876) – Tanzania (Zanzibar)
• Cydrela unguiculata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – South Africa (type species)

References

1. "Genus Cydrela". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
2. Thorell, T. (1870). Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Uppsala: C.J. Lundström. pp. 375–645. Retrieved 29 November 2024.