Cyllognatha

Cyllognatha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Cyllognatha ; L. Koch, 1872
Type species
	C. subtilis ; L. Koch, 1872
Species
	4, see text

Last updated January 27, 2026

Cyllognatha is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872.^[2]

Species

As of May 2020^[update] it contains four species, found in Australia, Samoa, and India:^[1]

Cyllognatha affinis Berland, 1929 – Samoa
Cyllognatha gracilis Marples, 1955 – Samoa
Cyllognatha subtilis L. Koch, 1872 (type) – Australia (Lord Howe Is.), Samoa
Cyllognatha surajbe Patel & Patel, 1972 – India

References

1 2 "Gen. Cyllognatha L. Koch, 1872". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-19.
↑ Koch, L. (1872). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. pp. 105–368. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Cyllognatha L. Koch, 1872". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-19.

[Koch1872-2] Koch, L. (1872). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. pp. 105–368. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660.

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