''Cladycnis'' is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
genus
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of
nursery web spiders containing the single species, ''Cladycnis insignis''. It was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1898,
and is only found on the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
.
See also
*
List of Pisauridae species
This article lists all described species of the spider family Pisauridae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Afropisaura''
''Afropisaura'' Blandin, 1976
* '' A. ducis'' (Strand, 1913) — West, Central, East Africa
* '' A. rothiformis'' ...
References
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Pisauridae
Spiders of the Canary Islands
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