''Cedicoides'' is a genus of spiders in the family Cybaeidae made up of four species. It is characterized by well developed tegulum on the

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of the male pedipalp. When it was published by Charitonov in 1946, it acted as a subgenus to ''Cedicus''. Later, it was argued that the differences between spiders of ''Cedicoides'' and those of other subgenera - notably the presence of a terminal apophysis and the shape of the male pedipalp - were great enough to warrant a new genus. In 2003, it was upgraded from subgenus to genus status by Marusik & Guseinov. Spiders of this genus are rare, and are often missing from spider collections taken from these regions during any time other than their mating season.

Species

, the

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accepted four species in the genus.

''C. maerens''

''Cedicoides maerens'' lives in

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

in the desert foothills of Kopetdagh. It was first described in 1889 by Victor R. Fet from a single female specimen found by

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during G.I. Radde's expedition to what was then the Transcaspian Region. It was initially placed in the genus ''

Cedicus ''Cedicus'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1875. Species it contains five species: *'' Cedicus bucculentus'' Simon, 1889 – Himalayas *'' Cedicus dubius'' Strand Strand ...

''. A male was found in the foothills of Nebit Dagh in 1982, but it was not positively identified until 1993.

''C. parthus''

''Cedicoides parthus'' was first described by Fet in 1993 from a specimen found in Turkmenistan. It is distinguished from similar species by the shape of the tibial palpal apophysis in males, parts of the epiqyne and vulva in females, and the abdominal pattern in both. It is about eight millimeters long. The carapace is about 3.75 millimeters long and brown. Legs are brown and bear a pattern of light and dark stripes on the femur.

''C. pavlovskyi''

''Cedicoides pavlovskyi'' lives in the deserts and foothills of

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

. It was first described by Spassky in 1941.

''C. simoni''

''Cedicoides simoni'' lives in the deserts and foothills of

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

. It was first described by Charitonov in 1946 when it was used as the type species for the subgenus ''Cedicoides''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2606015 Spiders of Asia Cybaeidae Araneomorphae genera Taxa named by Dmitry Kharitonov