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Cyrtarachne

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Cyrtarachne
female Cyrtarachne inaequalis from Okinawa.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Subfamily: Cyrtarachninae s.l.
Genus: Cyrtarachne
Thorell, 1868[1]
Type species
C. grubei
(Keyserling, 1864)
Species

55, see text

Cyrtarachne is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1868.[2]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains fifty-five species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Cyrtarachne Thorell, 1868". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ^ Thorell, T. (1868), "Araneae. Species novae minusve cognitae", in Virgin, C. A. (ed.), Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring Jorden