''Cethegus'' is a
genus
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of
Australia
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n
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
s in the family
Euagridae
''Euagridae'' is a family of mygalomorph spiders. The group was first described as a tribe in 1979 by Robert Raven, who in 1985 elevated it to a subfamily. In 2020, Optova et al. elevated it further to a family.
Genera
, the World Spider Catalog ...
. It was first described by
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...
in 1881.
Species
it contained twelve species:
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Cethegus barraba''
Raven
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, 1984 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Cethegus broomi''
( Hogg, 1901) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Cethegus colemani''
Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
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Cethegus daemeli''
Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
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Cethegus elegans''
Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
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Cethegus fugax''
( Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
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Cethegus hanni''
Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
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Cethegus ischnotheloides''
Raven, 1985 – Australia (South Australia)
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Cethegus lugubris''
Thorell, 1881 (
type
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) – Australia (Queensland)
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Cethegus multispinosus''
Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
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Cethegus pallipes''
Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
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Cethegus robustus''
Raven, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
References
Euagridae
Mygalomorphae genera
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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