Cavasteron is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 2000 by Barbara Baehr & Rudy Jocqué.[2] As of 2024[update], it contains 12 species, all from Australia.[1]
| Cavasteron | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Cavasteron Baehr & Jocqué, 2000[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. crassicalcar (Baehr & Jocqué, 2000)
| |
| Species | |
|
12, see text | |
Species
editCavasteron comprises the following species:[1]
- Cavasteron agelenoides Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - Queensland
- Cavasteron atriceps Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - South Australia
- Cavasteron crassicalcar Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 (type)- Western Australia, South Australia
- Cavasteron exquisitum Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - South Australia, Queensland
- Cavasteron guttulatum Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - South Australia
- Cavasteron index Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - Northern Territory
- Cavasteron lacertae Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland
- Cavasteron margaretae Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - Western Australia
- Cavasteron martini Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - Western Australia
- Cavasteron mjoebergi Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - Western Australia
- Cavasteron tenuicalcar Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - Western Australia
- Cavasteron triunguis Baehr & Jocqué, 2000 - Queensland
References
edit- ^ a b c "Zodariidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
- ^ Baehr, Barbara; Jocqué, Rudy (2000). "Revisions of genera in the Asteron-complex (Araneae: Zodariidae). The new genera Cavasteron and Minasteron". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 20: 1–30. Retrieved 29 November 2024.