''Cispius'' 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 African
nursery web spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.
Species
it contains nine species, found only in Africa:
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Cispius affinis''
Lessert, 1916 – East Africa
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Cispius bidentatus''
Lessert, 1936 – Central, East Africa
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Cispius kimbius
Cispius is the '' nomen'' of the Roman '' gens Cispia''.
Cispius Laevus
The ''Mons Cispius'', or Cispian Hill, is one of several summits of the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The grammarian Festus says that it was named for a Cispius Laevus of Anagnia, ...
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Blandin, 1978 – South Africa
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Cispius maruanus
Cispius is the '' nomen'' of the Roman '' gens Cispia''.
Cispius Laevus
The ''Mons Cispius'', or Cispian Hill, is one of several summits of the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The grammarian Festus says that it was named for a Cispius Laevus of Anagnia, ...
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( Roewer, 1955) – West, Central Africa
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Cispius problematicus
Cispius is the '' nomen'' of the Roman '' gens Cispia''.
Cispius Laevus
The ''Mons Cispius'', or Cispian Hill, is one of several summits of the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The grammarian Festus says that it was named for a Cispius Laevus of Anagnia, ...
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Blandin, 1978 – Congo
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Cispius simoni
Cispius is the '' nomen'' of the Roman '' gens Cispia''.
Cispius Laevus
The ''Mons Cispius'', or Cispian Hill, is one of several summits of the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The grammarian Festus says that it was named for a Cispius Laevus of Anagnia, ...
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Lessert, 1915 – East Africa
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Cispius strandi
Cispius is the '' nomen'' of the Roman '' gens Cispia''.
Cispius Laevus
The ''Mons Cispius'', or Cispian Hill, is one of several summits of the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The grammarian Festus says that it was named for a Cispius Laevus of Anagnia, ...
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Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
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Cispius thorelli
Cispius is the '' nomen'' of the Roman '' gens Cispia''.
Cispius Laevus
The ''Mons Cispius'', or Cispian Hill, is one of several summits of the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The grammarian Festus says that it was named for a Cispius Laevus of Anagnia, ...
''
Blandin, 1978 – Congo
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Cispius variegatus
Cispius is the '' nomen'' of the Roman '' gens Cispia''.
Cispius Laevus
The ''Mons Cispius'', or Cispian Hill, is one of several summits of the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The grammarian Festus says that it was named for a Cispius Laevus of Anagnia, ...
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Simon, 1898 (
type) – Congo
See also
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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
Araneomorphae genera
Pisauridae
Spiders
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