''Cyrtauchenius'' 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
wafer trapdoor spiders that 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 1869.
Originally placed with the
Ctenizidae
Ctenizidae is a small family of mygalomorph spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation, and silk. They may be called trapdoor spiders, as are other, similar species, such as those of the families Liphistii ...
, it was moved to the
Cyrtaucheniidae
The wafer trapdoor spiders, family Cyrtaucheniidae, are a widespread family of spiders that lack the thorn-like spines on tarsi and metatarsi I and II (the two outermost leg segments) found in true trapdoor spiders (Ctenizidae).
Etymology
Th ...
in 1985.
Species
it contains fourteen species, almost all from
Algeria
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:
*''
Cyrtauchenius artifex''
(Simon
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1889) – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius bedeli''
Simon, 1881 – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius bicolor''
(Simon, 1889) – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius castaneiceps''
(Simon, 1889) – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius dayensis''
Simon, 1881 – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius inops''
(Simon, 1889) – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius latastei''
Simon, 1881 – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius longipalpus''
(Denis, 1945) – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius luridus''
Simon, 1881 – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius maculatus''
(Simon, 1889) – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius structor''
(Simon, 1889) – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius talpa''
Simon, 1891 – USA
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Cyrtauchenius terricola''
(Lucas, 1846) (
type) – Algeria
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Cyrtauchenius vittatus''
Simon, 1881 – Algeria
References
Cyrtaucheniidae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of the United States
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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