''Celaetycheus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
n
wandering spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
in 1897.
Species
it contains ten species, all found in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
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Celaetycheus abara''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus aberem''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus acaraje''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus beiju''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus bobo''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus caruru''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus flavostriatus''
Simon, 1897 (
type) – Brazil
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Celaetycheus moqueca''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus mungunza''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
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Celaetycheus vatapa''
Polotow & Brescovit, 2013 – Brazil
References
Araneomorphae genera
Ctenidae
Spiders of Brazil
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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