''Cyrtognatha'' is a

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of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by

Eugen von Keyserling Eugen von Keyserling (22 March 1833 in Pockroy, Lithuania – 4 April 1889 in Dzierżoniów, Silesia) was a Baltic-German arachnologist. He studied in the University of Tartu. He was the author of ''Die Spinnen Amerikas'', and completed ''Die Ara ...

in 1881. It is a senior synonym of ''Agriognatha''.

Species

it contains twenty-one species, found in the Caribbean, South America,

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, and

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

: *'' Cyrtognatha atopica'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 –

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

*'' Cyrtognatha bella'' (

O. Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...

, 1896) –

*'' Cyrtognatha bryantae'' (

Chickering Chickering may refer to: * Chickering, Suffolk, a place in Suffolk, England * Chickering & Sons, the piano company that was created by Jonas Chickering * Arthur M. Chickering, an arachnologist * Arthur W. Chickering, a researcher of student devel ...

, 1956) –

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

*'' Cyrtognatha catia'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 –

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

*'' Cyrtognatha eberhardi'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 –

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 ...

*'' Cyrtognatha espanola'' (Bryant, 1945) –

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

*'' Cyrtognatha insolita'' (Chickering, 1956) – Costa Rica,

*'' Cyrtognatha lepida'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Panama *'' Cyrtognatha leviorum'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 – Panama *'' Cyrtognatha morona'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 –

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

*'' Cyrtognatha nigrovittata'' Keyserling, 1881 ( type) –

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*'' Cyrtognatha orphana'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 – Brazil *'' Cyrtognatha pachygnathoides'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Costa Rica, Panama *'' Cyrtognatha paradoxa'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 –

*'' Cyrtognatha pathetica'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 –

*'' Cyrtognatha petila'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 – Mexico *'' Cyrtognatha quichua'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 – Ecuador *'' Cyrtognatha rucilla'' (Bryant, 1945) – Hispaniola *'' Cyrtognatha serrata''

Simon Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

, 1898 –

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...

, St. Vincent *'' Cyrtognatha simoni'' (Bryant, 1940) –

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

*'' Cyrtognatha waorani'' Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 – Ecuador In synonymy: *''C. argyra'' (Bryant, 1945) = ''Cyrtognatha rucilla'' (Bryant, 1945)

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of Mexico Spiders of South America Spiders of the Caribbean Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling Tetragnathidae {{Tetragnathidae-stub

Species

See also

References