Cyphonisia
| Cyphonisia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Cyphonisia Simon, 1889[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. obesa Simon, 1889
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| Species | |
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13, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Cyphonisia is a genus of African brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.[3]
Species
[edit]As of April 2019[update] it contains thirteen species:[1]
- Cyphonisia affinitata Strand, 1907 – East Africa
- Cyphonisia annulata Benoit, 1966 – Ghana
- Cyphonisia itombwensis Benoit, 1966 – Congo
- Cyphonisia kissi (Benoit, 1966) – Congo
- Cyphonisia maculata (Roewer, 1953) – Congo
- Cyphonisia maculipes Strand, 1906 – Cameroon
- Cyphonisia manicata Simon, 1907 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
- Cyphonisia nesiotes Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe
- Cyphonisia nigella (Simon, 1889) – Congo
- Cyphonisia obesa Simon, 1889 (type) – West, Central Africa
- Cyphonisia rastellata Strand, 1907 – East Africa
- Cyphonisia soleata Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
- Cyphonisia straba Benoit, 1966 – Congo
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Cyphonisia Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ a b Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182.
- ^ Simon, E. (1889). "Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 42: 405–415.