''Cethegus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of mygalomorph

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

s in the curtain-web 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, Opatova et al. elevated it further to a family. Genera , the World Spider Catal ...

. It s

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to Australia and 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

the genus contained twelve species from

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

(NSW),

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

(QLD),

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

(SA) or

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

(WA): *'' Cethegus barraba''

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, 1984 – NSW *'' Cethegus broomi'' ( Hogg, 1901) – NSW *'' Cethegus colemani'' Raven, 1984 – QLD *'' Cethegus daemeli'' Raven, 1984 – QLD *'' Cethegus elegans'' Raven, 1984 – QLD *'' Cethegus fugax'' ( Simon, 1908) – SA, WA *'' Cethegus hanni'' Raven, 1984 – QLD *'' Cethegus ischnotheloides'' Raven, 1985 – SA *'' Cethegus lugubris'' Thorell, 1881 (

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) – QLD *'' Cethegus multispinosus'' Raven, 1984 – QLD *'' Cethegus pallipes'' Raven, 1984 – QLD *'' Cethegus robustus'' Raven, 1984 – QLD

References

Mygalomorphae genera Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell {{Euagridae-stub