Cebrennus
| Cebrennus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Section: | Entelegynae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Cebrennus Simon, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Cebrenis wagae Simon, 1874 | |
| Species | |
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 17 species | |
Cebrennus is a genus of huntsman spiders mostly found in Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[1] The genus was first described by Eugéne Simon in 1880.[1]
The Moroccan flic-flac spider, C. rechenbergi, was first described in 2014. It uses a flic-flac motion to escape threats.
Species
According to The World Spider Catalog, Version 14.5:[1]
- Cebrennus aethiopicus Simon, 1880 — Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia
- Cebrennus atlas Jäger, 2014 — Morocco
- Cebrennus castaneitarsis Simon, 1880 — Algeria to Israel
- Cebrennus concolor (Denis, 1947) — Egypt
- Cebrennus cultrifer Fage, 1921 — Algeria
- Cebrennus flagellatus Jäger, 2014 — Afghanistan
- Cebrennus intermedius Jäger, 2000 — Saudi Arabia
- Cebrennus kochi (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) — Israel
- Cebrennus laurae Jäger, 2014 — Canary Islands
- Cebrennus logunovi Jäger, 2000 — Turkmenistan
- Cebrennus mayri Jäger, 2000 — Oman
- Cebrennus powelli Fage, 1921 — Morocco
- Cebrennus rechenbergi Jäger, 2014 — Morocco
- Cebrennus rungsi Jäger, 2000 — Morocco
- Cebrennus tunetanus Simon, 1885 — Tunisia
- Cebrennus villosus (Jézéquel & Junqua, 1966) — Algeria, Tunisia
- Cebrennus waegi (Simon, 1874) — Algeria, Tunisia
References
- 1 2 3 4 Platnick, Norman I. (2014). "Fam. Sparassidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 14.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
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