Cyatholipus

Cyatholipus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Cyatholipidae
Genus:	Cyatholipus Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
C. hirsutissimus Simon, 1894
Species
6, see text
Synonyms[1]
Moero O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904[2][3]

Cyatholipus is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1894.[4] Originally placed with the ray spiders, it was moved to the Cyatholipidae in 1978.[5][6]

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains six species, all found in South Africa:[1]

• Cyatholipus avus Griswold, 1987 – South Africa
• Cyatholipus hirsutissimus Simon, 1894 (type) – South Africa
• Cyatholipus icubatus Griswold, 1987 – South Africa
• Cyatholipus isolatus Griswold, 1987 – South Africa
• Cyatholipus quadrimaculatus Simon, 1894 – South Africa
• Cyatholipus tortilis Griswold, 1987 – South Africa

References

1. "Gen. Cyatholipus Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
2. Petrunkevitch, A. (1928). "Systema Aranearum". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 29: 233.
3. Griswold, C. E. (1987). "A review of the southern African spiders of the family Cyatholipidae Simon, 1894 (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 28: 505.
4. Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
5. Davies, V. T. (1978). "A new family of spiders (Araneae: Teemenaaridae)". Symposia of the Zoological Society of London. 42: 301.
6. Wunderlich, J. (1978). "Zur Kenntnis der Cyatholipinae Simon 1894 (Arachnida: Araneida: ?Tetragnathidae)". Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.). 24: 33.