Ceraarachne

Ceraarachne is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1880.[3]

Ceraarachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Ceraarachne
Keyserling, 1880[1]
Type species
C. varia
Keyserling, 1880
Species

4, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of June 2020 it contains four species, found in Colombia and Brazil:[1]

  • Ceraarachne blanci (Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Brazil
  • Ceraarachne germaini Simon, 1886 – Brazil
  • Ceraarachne goyannensis Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
  • Ceraarachne varia Keyserling, 1880 (type) – Colombia

See also

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Ceraarachne Keyserling, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. Teixeira, R. A.; Campos, L. A.; Lise, A. A. (2014). "Phylogeny of Aphantochilinae and Strophiinae sensu Simon (Araneae; Thomisidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (1): 74. doi:10.1111/zsc.12036.
  3. Keyserling, E. (1880). Die Spinnen Amerikas, I. Laterigradae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. pp. 1–283. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.

Further reading
  • Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929). "Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil". Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 31: 9–359.
  • Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1925). "Pequenas notas arachnologicas". Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 1: 455–463.
  • Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1917). "Generos e especies novas de araneidos". Archivos da Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinaria, Rio de Janeiro. 1: 3–19.
  • Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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