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of huntsman spiders that was first described by

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, and on the

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Cerbalus alegranzaensis ''Cerbalus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Marmarica''. Species it contains eight species, found in Africa, Israel, Jordan, and on the Canary Islan ...

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Cerbalus aravaensis ''Cerbalus aravaensis'' is a huntsman spider found in the southern Arava Valley of Israel and Jordan. The species was first described by Gershom Levy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2007, though news agencies later reported it in 2010 ...

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Cerbalus ergensis ''Cerbalus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Marmarica''. Species it contains eight species, found in Africa, Israel, Jordan, and on the Canary Islan ...

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Cerbalus pellitus ''Cerbalus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Marmarica''. Species it contains eight species, found in Africa, Israel, Jordan, and on the Canary Islan ...

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Cerbalus psammodes ''Cerbalus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Marmarica''. Species it contains eight species, found in Africa, Israel, Jordan, and on the Canary Islan ...

'' Levy, 1989 – Egypt, Israel *''

Cerbalus pulcherrimus ''Cerbalus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Marmarica''. Species it contains eight species, found in Africa, Israel, Jordan, and on the Canary Islan ...

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Cerbalus verneaui ''Cerbalus'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Marmarica''. Species it contains eight species, found in Africa, Israel, Jordan, and on the Canary Islan ...

'' (Simon, 1889) – Canary Is.

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Araneomorphae genera Sparassidae Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia {{Sparassidae-stub

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